Religion in Syria - Druzes

Druzes

The Druze community, at 3% of the population, continued to be the overwhelming majority in the Jabal al Arab, a rugged and mountainous region in southwestern Syria. The Druze religion is a tenth-century offshoot of Shia Islam, but Sunni Muslims view Druzes as heretical for accepting the divinity of al-Hakim, the sixth Fatimid caliph of Egypt.

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