Druze
The Druze ([درزي, derzī or durzī] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), plural دروز, durūz, Hebrew: דרוזים druzim) are an esoteric, monotheistic releegious community, foond primarily in Sirie, Lebanon, Israel, an Jordan, which emerged durin the 11t century frae Ismailism. The Druze hae an eclectic set o beliefs that incorporate several elements frae Aubrahamic releegions, Gnosticism, Neoplatonism an ither philosophies. The Druze caw thairsels Ahl al-Tawhid (Fowk o Unitarianism or Monotheism) or al-Muwaḥḥidūn (Unitarians, Monotheists) – the offeecial name o the sect is al-Muwaḥḥidūn al Dururz (The Unitarian Druze).
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| Tot population | |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000 tae 2,500,000 | |
| Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
 Sirie | 700,000[1] |
 Lebanon | 400,000[1] |
 Israel | 100,000[1] |
 Jordan | 20,000[2] |
| Ootside the Middle East | 100,000 |
 Unitit States | 20,000[3] |
 Canadae | 10,000 |
 Venezuela | 5,000 |
 Australie | 3,000[4] |
 Colombie | 3,000 |
 Unitit Kinrick | <1,000 |
| Releegions | |
| Unitarian Druze | |
| Scripturs | |
| Qur'an, Rasa'il al-hikmah (Epistles of Wisdom) | |
| Leids | |
| Arabic Inglis Ebreu (in Israel) French (in Lebanon an Sirie) Spaingie (in Colombie an Venezuela) | |
Location
eeditThe Druze fowk reside primarily in Sirie, Lebanon, an Israel.[5] The Israeli Druze are maistly in Galilee (81%), aroond Haifa (19%), an in the Golan Heights,[6] which is hame tae aboot 20,000 Druze.[7] The Institute o Druze Studies estimates that 40%–50% o Druze live in Sirie, 30%–40% in Lebanon, 6%–7% in Israel, an 1%–2% in Jordan.[8][9]
Lairge communities o expatriate Druze an aw live ootside the Middle East in Australie, Canadae, Europe, Laitin Americae, the Unitit States, an Wast Africae. They uise the Arabic leid an follae a social pattern vera similar tae those o the ither fowks o the eastren Mediterranean region.[10]
The number o Druze fowk warldwide exceeds ane million, wi the vast majority residin in the Levant or East Mediterranean.
Notes
eedit- ↑ a b c "The Economist". 390 (8618–8624). Economist Newspaper Ltd. 2009: 49. Retrieved 14 Apryle 2011. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ US State Department International Religious Freedom Report 2005
- ↑ Institute of Druze Studies - Druze Traditions
- ↑ "Druze Population of Australia by Place of Usual Residence (2006)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 Julie 2010.
- ↑ "Druze". Archived frae the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ↑ "Press Release: The Druze Population of Israel" (DOC). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 23 Apryle 2009. (in Ebreu)
- ↑ Jordanian Druze can be foond in Amman an Zarka; aboot 50% live in the toun o Azraq, an a smawer number in Irbid an Aqaba. "Localities and Population, by District, Sub-District, Religion and Population Group" (PDF). Statistical Abstract of Palestine 2006. Palestine Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 14 Juin 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ↑ "Institute of Druze Studies: Druzes". Archived frae the original on 14 Januar 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ↑ Dana, Nissim (2003). The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status. Sussex University Press. p. 99. ISBN 1903900360.
- ↑ Rabah Halabi, Citizens of equal duties—Druze identity and the Jewish State, p. 55 (in Ebreu)