The Druze in the Middle East is about the Druze of the region in general and the Druze community in Israel in particular. The book contains three sections, each of which delves deeply into various problems connected with the Druze. The first section focuses on the history of the Druze and the Druze settlements in the countries of the region; the second sections deals with the religion’s social and cultural life, organization and religious law in the Druze traditions; the third section expands on the Druze in Israel, their integration in the life of the country, Druze service in the IDF and changes in modern Druze society.
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Dr. Salman Falah, was in charge of Druze education in the Ministry of Education in Israel, and now holds the post of the ministry’s deputy director general. In the past he has held various senior public and state positions and lectured, inter alia, in the Gordon College for teachers’ training and in Haifa University. He has written scores of books in Arabic, English, Hebrew and French and articles on matters connected with Druze history and culture. His education activity has brought him the President’s award for voluntarism, the Teachers’ Union prize for his life’s work and the Ministry of Education highest award in Israel.
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The roots of the Druze religion lay in Egypt, where the sect was founded early in the eleventh century, at the time of the sixth Fatimid Caliph, al-Hakim Biamr Allah (996-1021). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Ministry of Education, Ibrahim Pasha, Prophet Shu'aib, University of Haifa, Abu Snan, British Mandate, Ottoman Empire, Bayt Jann, Qadi Madhab, Lebanese Druze, Mount Carmel, Kafr Sumay, Mount Lebanon, Sheikh Amin Tarif, Sheikh Salman Tarif, British Foundation Quarterly, Follow-up Committee Report, Sheikh Tarif, Great Britain, Salman Falah, Ein Dara, Holy Land, Minister of Religious Affairs, Kamal Junblat, Lawrence Oliphant New!
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The roots of the Druze religion lay in Egypt, where the sect was founded early in the eleventh century, at the time of the sixth Fatimid Caliph, al-Hakim Biamr Allah (996-1021). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
junblat family, national electrical grid, minority units, mandate authorities, personal status law, mandate period, religious council, judicial autonomy, matriculation examination, religious courts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ministry of Education, Ibrahim Pasha, Prophet Shu'aib, University of Haifa, Abu Snan, British Mandate, Ottoman Empire, Bayt Jann, Qadi Madhab, Lebanese Druze, Mount Carmel, Kafr Sumay, Mount Lebanon, Sheikh Amin Tarif, Sheikh Salman Tarif, British Foundation Quarterly, Follow-up Committee Report, Sheikh Tarif, Great Britain, Salman Falah, Ein Dara, Holy Land, Minister of Religious Affairs, Kamal Junblat, Lawrence Oliphant New!
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- The Middle East (Sociology of Development Societies) by Talal Asad on page 22, and Back Matter
- Middle East (Pt. 19) in Back Matter
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph by T.E. Lawrence in Back Matter
- Early Travels in Palestine (Dover Books on Travel, Adventure) by Thomas Wright on page 154
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T E Lawrence in Back Matter
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