Druze

3 weeks ago - Outside the Middle East, significant Druze communities exist in Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America (mainly Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil), the United States, and West Africa. They are Arabs who speak Levantine Arabic and follow a social pattern very similar to those of the other peoples ...

July 20, 1998 - Most Druze live in a largely contiguous section of Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, with smaller communities present in other countries. The Druze have been politically influential in both Lebanon and Syria, while in Israeli society the community ...

Druze is derived from the Islamic faith with ties to all three Abrahamic religions. The largest part of the Druze community resides in the Middle East, with followers also found in the United States, Europe, and Australia.

July 21, 2025 - Israeli Druze make up roughly 2% of the country’s population and live mostly in the northern regions of the Galilee, Carmel and the Golan Heights. Their tradition dates back to the 11th century and incorporates elements of Islam, Hinduism and even classical Greek philosophy.

January 25, 2023 - In fact, the Druze faith has been closed to outsiders since 1044, which means all of today’s population descended directly from its 11th-century followers and adherents. They believe that anyone who wanted to join had a chance to do so in the first generation after the religion began, and that everyone who is alive today is reincarnated from a previous generation. Therefore, they concluded that people ...

The Druze are unique people belonging to the same ethnic and religious group that form a population of around 1 million. They mainly live in the countries of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.

2 days ago - The Lebanese Druze (Arabic: دروز لبنان, romanized: durūz lubnān) are an ethnoreligious group constituting about 5.2 percent of the population of Lebanon. They follow the Druze faith, which is an esoteric monotheistic Abrahamic religion ...

July 21, 2025 - Explainer on the Druze, a small religious and ethnic group dispersed across the Levant, persecuted for their faith, and at the centre of violence in southern Syria

They are commonly referred to as "Druze", a name derived from el-Drzi, the name of one of the known propagandists of the Druze religion at its beginning. There are sources suggesting that the Druze were a people of their own even before conversion to the faith of al-Hakim, a Muslim caliph.

July 24, 2025 - The Druze faith was established ... AD. The Druze are a distinctive ethnoreligious community with deep historical roots in the Middle East, known for their unique faith and strong communal ties....

Listing of all countries that the Druze people group live in. Includes photo, map, progress indicator and statistics.

November 9, 2025 - Israeli Druze or Druze Israelis (Arabic: الدروز الإسرائيليون; Hebrew: דְּרוּזִים יִשְׂרְאֵלִים) are an ethnoreligious minority among the Arab citizens of Israel.

November 16, 2016 - The most parsimonious explanation ... proto-Druze emerged from Armenian-Turkish tribes residing in the Zagros and surrounding mountains, prior to the end of the first millennium A.D. (Figs 3[A1,A2] and 5). It is unclear when these tribes migrated ...

August 21, 2025 - With traditions that date back to the 11th century, the Druze religion comprises of a blend of Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and classical Greek mythology. They believe in Allah, and honor several “mentors” and “prophets,” including Jethro of Midian (Moses’ father-in-law), Moses, Jesus, John the Baptist, and the Prophet Muhammad. Further, they celebrate philosophers and other influential people such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Alexander the Great.

March 9, 2025 - The Druze people are committed to loyally serving whatever country they are in, and so those who live in Israel willingly sign up to serve in the army and help to protect their nation.

July 17, 2025 - Approximately 150,000 Druze live in Israel. For generations, many Druze faced persecution and discrimination at the hands of their neighboring Muslim communities and overlords. Though Druze people speak Arabic, they consider themselves a distinct, unique group.

2 weeks ago - The Druze follow a lifestyle of isolation where no conversion is allowed, neither out of nor into, the religion. When Druze live among people of other religions, they try to blend in, in order to protect their religion and their own safety.

July 17, 2025 - One of the largest minority groups in Syria, the Druze have been the focus of a recent outbreak of violence.