Druze
 Druze starn |
|
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,000,000 tae 2,500,000 | |
| Regions wi significant 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) Spainyie (in Colombie an Venezuela) |
|
The Druze (Arabic: درزي, derzī or durzī, plural دروز, durūz, Ebreu: 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).
Location [edit]
The 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 [edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Economist. 390. Economist Newspaper Ltd.. 2009. p. 49. http://books.google.com/?id=ub8aAQAAMAAJ&q=%22The+Druze+are+an+ancient+sect+within+Islam.+The+Golan+ones+are+part+of+a+Syrian+Druze+community+that+numbers+700000.+Another+250000+live+in+Lebanon+and+about+100000+in+Israel+proper%22&dq=%22The+Druze+are+an+ancient+sect+within+Islam.+The+Golan+ones+are+part+of+a+Syrian+Druze+community+that+numbers+700000.+Another+250000+live+in+Lebanon+and+about+100000+in+Israel+proper%22. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ↑ 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 on 27 Julie 2010. .
- ↑ Druze
- ↑ Press Release: The Druze Population of Israel (DOC). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (2009-04-23). (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.
- ↑ Institute of Druze Studies: Druzes
- ↑ Dana, Nissim (2003). The Druze in the Middle East: Their Faith, Leadership, Identity and Status. Sussex University Press, 99.
- ↑ Rabah Halabi, Citizens of equal duties—Druze identity and the Jewish State, p. 55 (Ebreu)
