The Druzes
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The Druzes In The Jewish State
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Author : Kais M. Firro
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-10-11
The Druzes In The Jewish State written by Kais M. Firro and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-11 with Social Science categories.
Following the war of 1948 Palestine's Druzes became part of the state of Israel. Overwhelmingly rural, they sought to safeguard their community's age-old ethnic independence by holding on to their traditional ethno-religious particularism. Ethnicity and ethnic issues, however, were ready tools for the Zionists in the pursuit of their policy aims vis-à-vis the state's Arab population. Central among these was the cooptation of part of the Druze elite in an obvious effort to alienate the Druzes from the other Arabs - creating "good" Arabs and "bad" Arabs served the Jewish state as a foil for its ongoing policy of dispossession and control. The author painstakingly documents the political, social and economic factors that ensured the "success" of these Zionist policies, but concludes that the fissured identity of Israel's Druzes today bespeaks a feeling of musiba, tragedy, within the community itself.
The A To Z Of The Druzes
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Author : Samy S. Swayd
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2009
The A To Z Of The Druzes written by Samy S. Swayd and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Druzes categories.
The Druzes are one of the smallest, least studied, and most esoteric religious communities in the Middle East. This is because the Druze teachings remain inaccessible not only to outsiders but also to uninitiated members within the Druze community itself. Furthermore, proselytizing--inducing someone to convert to one's own religious faith--has been prohibited since the establishment of the sect in the 11th century. In order to resist assimilation by the various empires and colonial powers that sought to dominate them--the Byzantines, various Arab dynasties, the Mamluks and Ottomans, the British and French, in addition to the nations that govern them--the Druzes disguise and conceal their beliefs. Therefore, not much is known by outsiders about the Druzes. This dictionary provides nearly 1,000 concise and informative cross-referenced A to Z entries on religious, political, and cultural themes, as well as entries on a number of major families and individuals (artists, writers, diplomats, and leaders) who have contributed to the Druze communities. This volume is also complemented with a chronology, an introductory essay, and a bibliography.
The Druzes
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Author : Nejla M. Abu Izzeddin
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1993-01-01
The Druzes written by Nejla M. Abu Izzeddin and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with History categories.
When this book was first published in 1984, it was the first extensive study of the Druzes to appear for many years. A small community native only in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, the Druzes have exercised an influence around them greater than their numerical strength. Living for the most part in mountainous territories they have maintained an independent existence for a thousand years. This book places the beliefs of the Druzes in the context of the history of Sh?'ism in its Ism?'?l? form, from which their faith developed. It also describes the role of the Druze community in the history of Lebanon and Syria. In the preparation of this book, the author, a Druze herself, has made use not only of the readily available Arabic and European sources but also of documents and manuscripts that are less easily accessible.
A History Of The Druzes
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Author : Kais Firro
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date :
A History Of The Druzes written by Kais Firro and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Religion categories.
This book deals with the history of the Druze community using an interdisciplinary approach to describe, analyze, and explain historical events and processes.
Historical Dictionary Of The Druzes
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Author : Samy Swayd
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-03-10
Historical Dictionary Of The Druzes written by Samy Swayd and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with History categories.
One of the most intriguing minority groups in the Middle East is now a thousand years old. It emerged in the city of Cairo, spread to what is today Lebanon, Syria, and Israel, and subsequently became known by outsiders as Druze (in Arabic, Durooz, meaning Druzes). Druzes have played a major role in the history of the Middle East and often been misunderstood by neighbors and outsiders because of their esoteric religious doctrine, the secretive nature that such a doctrine has instilled in them, and the variety of perspectives or divisions prevalent among members of the community. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Druzes covers their history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Druzes.
The Druzes In Israel
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Author : Gabriel Ben-Dor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Druzes In Israel written by Gabriel Ben-Dor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Druzes categories.
The Origina Of The Druze People And Religion With Extracts From Their Sacred Writings
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Author : Philip Khuri Hitti
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 1966-01-01
The Origina Of The Druze People And Religion With Extracts From Their Sacred Writings written by Philip Khuri Hitti and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966-01-01 with History categories.
The Druzes of Syria and the Samaritans of Palestine are two unique communities not to be found elsewhere in the whole world. Like social fossils in an alien environment, these two peoples have survived for hundreds of years in that land rightly described as a "Babel of tongues" and a "museum of nationalities." The Samaritans are the remnants of the tribes from Assyria and Persia who were transplanted by Sargon some seven hundred years before Christ to take the place of the "ten tribes" who were carried into captivity. 1 a They figured in the life of Christ as is illustrated by the case of the "Samaritan woman" and the story of the "good Samaritan." Today they are represented by about one hundred and eighty persons who intermarry among themselves and are becoming rapidly extinct. Their habitat is modern Nāblus (biblical Shechem), and their religion is ancient Judaism mixed with pagan survivals. The Druzes have no such clear record to show regarding their origin as a people and as a sect. Their ethnographical origins, no less than their ritual practices and religious beliefs, are shrouded in mystery. Appearing for the first time on the pages of history at Wādi-al-Taym near Mt. Hermon in anti-Lebanon, as professors of the divinity of the sixth Fāṭimite Caliph in Cairo (996-1020 A.D.), the Druzes have lived their semi-independent lives secluded in their mountain fastnesses of Lebanon, unmindful of the progress of the world around them, and almost entirely forgotten by the outside world. Relation to World Events:—The few occasions throughout their history in which the Druzes attracted international attention were first at the time of the Crusades, when they were entrusted by the Moslems with the military task of guarding the maritime plain against the Franks. They then fought under the banner of Islam and took part in the attacks against the garrisons of Belfort (Qal‘at al-Shaqīf) and of Montfort (Qal‘at Qurayn) in Galilee. Secondly, in the early seventeenth century when their great leader, Fakhr-al-Dīn II (1585-1635), under whom the Druze power reached its zenith, appeared as a refugee from the Sultan of Turkey in the court of the Medicis at Florence. Thirdly, when as a result of their civil wars in 1860 with their Christian neighbors to the north—the Maronites—the French landed a contingent of troops to quell the disturbance which resulted in giving the Lebanon a complete autonomy recognized by the great Powers of Europe. And fourthly, in connection with the recent armed uprising against the French mandate in Syria.
The Druzes
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Author : Samy S. Swayd
language : en
Publisher: Ises Publications
Release Date : 1998
The Druzes written by Samy S. Swayd and has been published by Ises Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Social Science categories.
A History Of The Druzes
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Author : Kais M Firro
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-12-14
A History Of The Druzes written by Kais M Firro and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-14 with Reference categories.
This book deals with the history of the Druze community using an interdisciplinary approach to describe, analyze, and explain historical events and processes.
The Druze Faith
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Author : Sāmī Nasīb Makārim
language : en
Publisher: Academic Resources Corp
Release Date : 1974
The Druze Faith written by Sāmī Nasīb Makārim and has been published by Academic Resources Corp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Religion categories.
"A very readable & important work on the history & religion of the Druze community."-Majid Khadduri in The Middle East Journal. This history-making book, published with the approval of the Shaykh al-Akl, spiritual leader of the world's Druze community of one million for the first time lifts the official veil of secrecy surrounding this esoteric branch of Isma'ili Shi'ite Islam. Professor Makarim, himself a Druze, used medieval manuscript sources still under the seal of secrecy, to trace the history, beliefs, & customs of this faith from its origins early in Islam & its founding in the 11th century A.D. under the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt. The book contains translations of numerous quotations from the sacred Druze scriptures, the Six Books of Wisdom, set forth in 111 Epistles by the imam Hamza ibn 'Ali & his disciples; commentaries by leading Druze scholars over the centuries, & several appendixes, including a list of Shi'ite imams & stations, Druze prayers, a description of the Druze domestic law, & important dates in the history of the Druzes.