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).

Druze دروز

Druze starn
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

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.