Ethnoreligious minority among Israel's Arab citizens
Not to be confused with Israeli Jews.
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Israeli Druze
الدروز الإسرائيليون דְּרוּזִים יִשְׂרְאֵלִים
Scouts near Tiberias marching to the tomb of Jethro (2006)
Total population
c.143,000 (2019)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Israel
119,400
Golan Heights
23,602
Languages
Arabic (native)
Hebrew
Religion
Druzism
Related ethnic groups
Other Arab citizens of Israel
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Beliefs
Al-Muwahhidun-Ahl at-Tawhid
Reincarnation
Theophany
Esotericism
Divine Call
Seven Druze pillars
Taqiya
Walayah
Important figures
Shu'ayb
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
Hamza ibn Ali
Al-Darazi
Baha al-Din al-Muqtana
Al-Tanukhi
Texts
Epistles of Wisdom (Rasa'il al-Hikma)
Holy places
Mount Druze
Shrine of Shu'ayb
Khalwat
Holy days
Eid al-Adha
Ziyara
History
Tanukh (Buhtur) dynasty
Ma'n dynasty
1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze
Druze Power Struggle (1658–1667)
Battle of Ain Dara
1838 Druze Revolt
1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus
Hauran Druze Rebellion
Jabal Druze State
Jaysh al-Muwahhidin
Qalb Loze massacre
Druze communities
Syrian Druze
Lebanese Druze
Israeli Druze
Jordanian Druze
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Persecution of Druze
List of Druze
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Israeli Druze or Druze Israelis (Arabic: الدروز الإسرائيليون; Hebrew: דְּרוּזִים יִשְׂרְאֵלִים) are an ethnoreligious minority among the Arab citizens of Israel.[2]
In 2019, there were 143,000 Druze people living within Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, comprising 1.6% of the total population of Israel.[1]
Although Druzism, their ethnic religion, originally developed out of Ismaʿilism (a branch of Shia Islam), the Druze do not consider themselves Muslims.[3][4][5][6]
In 1957, the Israeli government designated Druze Israelis as a distinct ethnic community at the request of Druze communal leaders. Alongside the Jewish majority and the Circassian minority, the Druze minority is required by law to serve in the Israel Defense Forces, and members of the community have also attained top positions in Israeli politics and public service. As is the case for the Circassian community, only men from the community are drafted, while women are exempted; in contrast with Jews, for whom military service is also mandatory for women.[7]
Before the Israeli Declaration of Independence, Druze people were not recognized as a religious community, and were discriminated against by the local judicial system.[8] Druze Israelis are native Arabic-speakers; a 2017 poll conducted by the Pew Research Center reported that the majority of Israel's Druze also ethnically self-identify as Arabs.[9] Israel has the world's third-largest Druze population, after Syria and Lebanon;[10][11] the majority of Druze Israelis are concentrated in northern Israel.[12]
^ ab"The Druze population in Israel – a collection of data on the occasion of the Prophet Shuaib holiday" (PDF). CBS – Israel. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
^"5 facts about Israeli Druze, a unique religious and ethnic group".
^"Are the Druze People Arabs or Muslims? Deciphering Who They Are". Arab America. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^Léo-Paul Dana (1 January 2010). Entrepreneurship and Religion. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-84980-632-9.
^James Lewis (2002). The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions. Prometheus Books. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
^De McLaurin, Ronald (1979). The Political Role of Minority Groups in the Middle East. Michigan University Press. p. 114. ISBN 9780030525964. Theologically, one would have to conclude that the Druze are not Muslims. They do not accept the five pillars of Islam. In place of these principles the Druze have instituted the seven precepts noted above..
^Religious Freedoms: Druze. Theisraelproject.org. Retrieved on 2012-01-23. Archived 14 September 2012 at archive.today
^Aharon Layish (1982). Marriage, Divorce, and Succession in the Druze Family: A Study Based on Decisions of Druze Arbitrators and Religious Courts in Israel and the Golan Heights. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill. p. 12. ISBN 90-04-06412-5. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
^"Israel's Religiously Divided Society". Pew Research Center. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
^Druzes, Institute of Druze Studies, archived from the original on 17 June 2006
^Dana 2003, p. 99.
^Dr. Naim Aridi. "The Druze in Israel: History & Overview". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
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