Druse

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• While some Druse have risen to command in the Syrian Army, it was well remembered that one such officer, a colonel commanding a regiment, had been executed after the 1973 war for being forced off a strategic crossroads.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Many Druse in Lebanon celebrate their unique traditions and customs during festivals.

• The Syrian Muslims had killed another Druse then, and more since.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Had he not said all his prayers and followed all of the strict rules of the Druse?

  Fiction book (1991)

• The man was a Druse, an unbeliever, but for all that, he was respected.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The Western Galilee region is approximately 50% Jewish and 50% Israeli Arab (including Druse, Christians, and Muslims).

  Academic text (2013)

• That same year, in putting down a Druse revolt, the French bombarded Damascus, Syria, with aircraft, artillery, and tanks.

  Academic text (2005)

• Unlike Muslim Israelis, they are allowed to serve in the armed forces of the Jewish state, a fact that does not engender trust for the Syrian Druse in the government that rules over them.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The Druse are members of a Middle Eastern religious sect combining aspects of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, founded by Al-Hakim bi'Amrillahi, Caliph of Egypt, in the 11th century, who had deemed himself the incarnation of God Himself.

  Fiction book (1991)

• As a member of the Druse community, he adheres to the teachings and principles of his faith.

Synonyms

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Druze

vsDruse

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A person who belongs to a small religious group in the Middle East, mainly in Lebanon, Syria, and Israel

is written with an alternative spelling

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Etymology