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@Slec80

2 жыл бұрын

yo do video on green man ty

@ChessPlayer78

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dHyIxKyqfcSscdo.html

@theculturedjinni

2 жыл бұрын

I like that you took the time to go through the druze, you mentioned al-Hakim, I actually made a video about him kzread.info/dash/bejne/oXt51MuTosWumrA.html where I argue that his entire rulership is a lot more complex than a lot of people give him credit for.

@stupidminotaur9735

Жыл бұрын

i know of some druze marry outside of their religion. George Clooney wife most famous example.

@shzarmai

Жыл бұрын

Great video, since the Druze, Alawites, Alevis, Yazidis, Arab Christians, Assyrians, Jews, Copts, Zoroastrians and Turkmen are the most interesting people in the Middle East/Western Asia.

As one of The Drews I’ve always related to the Druze

@SoulSukkur

2 жыл бұрын

Funny, you don't look Drewish.

@nessarigby5911

2 жыл бұрын

STOP 😂

@TheWorldTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

🤡

@jawadhaddad99

2 жыл бұрын

Based

@steven-yn2bh

2 жыл бұрын

What drew you to that conclusion?

As a Druze I’m very impressed with this video. Everything I hear is accurate. Thank you

@johnroscoe2406

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he does great work. One of the best channels on KZread for this sort of thing. He's very academic in his research and presentation and stays away from personal conclusions or bias. He gets to the meat and bones of things and I love it.

@farestimani9204

2 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure if you’re Druze, but you mustn’t be uqqal if you think this is “correct”

@sskspartan

2 жыл бұрын

@@farestimani9204 please enlighten us

@farestimani9204

2 жыл бұрын

@@sskspartan 1, it’s Muwahiddun not Muwahidden. 2. We’re not “from Isnotreal” our roots are Lebanon Syria Jordan and Palestine 3. There’s no conversions. Druze are descendants from bloodlines and status is rightfully determined as such. No mixing. Among the many other items in the video that are misleading.

@jasejase2886

2 жыл бұрын

@@farestimani9204 nah actually most of it are correct and accurate

I love how even a loaf of bread can meaningfully follow along and learn something. Your cadence is perfect- it never seems like we’re being “lectured at”. Sincere thanks from me and my crusted brethren!

@AlienSquidFiend

2 жыл бұрын

@No pretty sure that's an elaborate joke

@ChillAssTurtle

2 жыл бұрын

The shellular sea bois are with you bread lad

As one of the Druze, I thank you so much for this video and all these accurate information about us.

@robray6721

10 ай бұрын

How accurate?

When I visited Israel at 14 we stayed in a Druze village for some days. I couldn't really speak with them but did interact quite a bit with some merchants and they were kind and hilarious, very welcoming. I didn't know much at all about them or what made them Druzes in the first place. Thank you for explaining.

@ZeeHilal

Жыл бұрын

Your so sweet! I can see why they liked you!

@noammkw3770

6 ай бұрын

as an Israeli the Druz are very respected in our society, theyre a minority but they love the country and the country loves them i think the respect mostly comes from them being some of the only native people who serve in the army besides jews, protecting their land is a big value for them from what i understand

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

6 ай бұрын

​@@noammkw3770Protecting their land from the Khazari and Europeans, says Britain

@ostrich67

6 ай бұрын

@@noammkw3770 Why would the Palestinians serve in the IDF? That would be like Jews serving in the Wehrmacht.

@user-cg2tw8pw7j

5 ай бұрын

@@user-xu2qg2zf6u So they resemble the indigenous people. Yes, yes, their appearance says this. They do not have very, very white skin, unlike the indigenous people

I really appreciate how this video and Let’s Talk Religion’s Druze video are both the same information, but presented in such different points of view that it doesn’t become redundant to watch both. They’re both valuable informative videos about this ethno religious group. Excellent piece, I can’t wait for your new channel.

@TheWorldTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Good Girl! 👌 Are you VEGAN? 🌱

@chendaforest

2 жыл бұрын

Yup I agree

@farestimani9204

2 жыл бұрын

Ethnoreligious group? We’re a distinct indigenous group, not “ethnoreligious”

@chendaforest

2 жыл бұрын

@@farestimani9204 How do you distinguish between the terms?

@farestimani9204

2 жыл бұрын

@@chendaforest ethnoreligious is a belief, we’re actually distinct and from our lands. This is factual not perceived to be true.

The Druze religion is really interesting. Seekers of Unity recently made a couple videos about the Druze people and they actually went to the celebration at Jethro's tomb. It was really fascinating and inspiring and I highly recommend watching it if anyone wants to learn more.

@TheWorldTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

Are you a THEIST? 🤔 If so, what are the reasons for your BELIEF in God? 🤓

@justinbirkholz7814

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWorldTeacher Hmm well I would say that I am a panentheist. I do believe in God, though not the typical modern American Christian concept of God. The reason is simple. I know God. I've seen God. I've experienced God. Up until that day, however, I did not believe, I could not believe. I still don't believe. I know. 😉

@TheWorldTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinbirkholz7814, you have SEEN God? Did you get his EMAIL address? ;)

@mrrec0very956

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheWorldTeacher Yeah, why?

@TheWorldTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrrec0very956, Are you VEGAN? 🌱

This is amazing, I'm venezuelan and most of the arabs that I've met are druze. My best friend and his family are all druze and they are the coolest, nicest and smartest people that I've met. Druze are good people, very polite and nice.

I go to university in Israel and my neighbors are Druze from the Golan heights. They've become close friends of mine and are very dear people. They have a special place in my heart. ❤️

@NoBrakes23

Жыл бұрын

I first learned about the Druze on a trip to Israel in 1990. The tour bus went to the Tel Dan reserve and drove through a Druze community on the way.

@alveirtus1501

Жыл бұрын

They also participate in defending Israel from terrorism.

@jhonmilton9548

Жыл бұрын

@@alveirtus1501 Israël is thé terrorisme

@joeg4609

5 ай бұрын

@@alveirtus1501 yes they make excellent second class citizens

@ferretyluv

5 ай бұрын

@@joeg4609What are you talking about? They serve in the military, which means they’re equal.

I'd love to see a video about Alawites, we're also a bit secretive about our faith, but there should be enough public info about us. I'm not personally religious and my family didn't really push that onto me so I'd love to learn more about our history and things like that.

Thank you for spread knowledge of little known religions as well as the larger ones. I’m an atheist now but I continue to be interested in religion and history. I firmly believe that we must learn from history and other cultures to further our chances of making our world a better place.

@omarjawhary887

Жыл бұрын

As a Druze from Lebanon I appreciate you wanting to know about our culture

@robray6721

10 ай бұрын

How can you be atheist with such great power in this world? God is with us you got to find him inside you my friend

@asterlyons8564

7 ай бұрын

​@robray6721 i searched for god inside myself and thought I felt it. Turns out it was just indigestion

I love the Druze. They are such sweet people. I wish we could know more about their theology. 🤗❤‍🔥

When traveling through northern Israel about 10 years ago, our tour guide pointed out some Druze who were walking and noted their unique dress. It was the first time I had ever heard of the group. I'm glad to finally get a bit more information on them.

@user-uf1dn2gc2o

2 жыл бұрын

North of Palestine

@JustanothaGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Northern Israel is really nice especially some of the older cities. I met a Druze man at some sort of academic function once, really charismatic guy.

@ericmoralesgomez6513

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-uf1dn2gc2o actually I own the Levant now. It's now called religion land

@igorkreep

2 жыл бұрын

@@ericmoralesgomez6513 I'm a ateist living in Israel, sorry, religion land, dear president. Please don't exile me🤣

@NoBrakes23

Жыл бұрын

Also how I learned of them.

Waited for this very long)) From my experience, Druze people of northern Israel are very kind and hospitable, but if someone hurts or humiliates their people, they will respond very strongly. Middle-Eastern tribalism is pretty much alive and kicking around here. Their villages are usually in the mountainous regions, for defence purposes. They do have a big difference between initiated and non-initiated people. Regular "secular" Druze don't know much about their practices, but still marry within the community. Observant sheikhs know a lot, but won't tell you anything=)) Respect these people very much.

Haha nice! I was hoping to see a Druze video sometime. Before watching the video, I think I remember them being described as a Gnostic version of Islam while they happened to really like the South American Yerba Mate tea (which I happen to love drinking too, lol).

I first became aware of the Druze during reporting of war and civil war in Lebanon. They were portrayed a tough fighters dedicated to independence of the community, rather than partisans who were siding with factions fighting for civil authority. They have interested me since. Thanks for filling in some gaps here.

@ZeeHilal

Жыл бұрын

Now THAT is an interesting story! I wish you would do a KZread documentart talk with power point slides showing the pictures if you have any. That would be really cool and it really hasn't been well documented outside of the Arab workd

@robray6721

10 ай бұрын

@@ZeeHilal they are tough fighters because they have 3 important things. Their lands, their women and holy sites. They fight to the end if any is a threat and never leave their lands!

@robray6721

10 ай бұрын

Druze are the real chosen ones. Jesus was one of their prophet that was spreading the religion of Druze and like many other Druze prophets that were letting others know that even if you think you are bad and have done bad you can cleanse yourself and join god and Druze. Christians use those in a wrong way and a priest can wash your sins if you confess as if they are god!

@dimas3829

6 ай бұрын

@@robray6721 Yeah,yeah, you also believe in constant number of renicarnating souls which contradicts reality that Human population is ever increasing.

The neo-Platonic belief structure of the Druze seems very similar, in my mind, to Maimonides’s Guide for the Perplexed. It’s obviously not a 1 to 1, but the origins of both the Druze and Maimonides are roughly contemporaneous- Maimonides lived just over a century after the religion was founded, so it wouldn’t be suprising if neo-Platonic and Druze influence was still around in Egypt, where Maimonides spent most of his life.

@NoeHernandezPe767

2 жыл бұрын

Even the term “emanations” appear in Kabbalah, God is present in the world through eleven (one is hidden) “emanations” that constitute his “body” (which is “existence” or the entirety of the Universe, very similar to Tawhid)

@TheGuiltsOfUs

Жыл бұрын

The Druze faith is just a hodgepodge of ancient superstitions.

@morghe321

10 ай бұрын

​@TheGuiltsOfUs yes, it is, and a very recent religion. You can't just incorporate stuff from different faiths like they did, when these religions all constradict each other. Yet some Druze genius here in the comment section said that they are the original.

Used to visit their village in north Israel, always loved going there with the family

@LattenRangsbabydaddy

Жыл бұрын

jewish?

Really interesting! Thank you for this. A few observations: I've always thought that the "secrecy" reputation was because of the distinction between initiated Druze, who have knowledge outsiders and the uninitiated don't, and uninitiated Druze. Also, re: reincarnation in the region, it's not an uncommon belief among Jews, where it's called gilgul. (This isn't an essential aspect of Jewish religion, but it's pretty common these days, particularly among Ḥasidim, and others who learn or are influenced by kabbalah.) As a Jew myself, I've always felt a kind of kinship with Druze, I think mostly because we are also a small ethnoreligious minority who are not well-understood by outsiders. Of course there's many differences, perhaps most relevant that we allow converts (though we don't encourage it), whereas the Druze don't allow conversion. The Druze also occupy a really interesting social position in Israeli culture - they're not really seen as Muslim, but certainly aren't Jewish or Christian, and whereas there's a kind of social binary where you're either a Jewish Israeli or an Arab/Palestinian Israeli, Druze are kind of in their own category, largely because they have an ethic of loyalty to whatever state they live in, and while as non-Jews they're not required to serve in the army, it's extremely common for them to enlist and serve. (This is mostly based on what I remember being told while visiting a Druze community in the north several years ago - apologies if it's inaccurate!)

@LangThoughts

2 жыл бұрын

Your point about reincarnation is especially interesting since the main exposition of reincarnation in Judaism is a book written in Northern Israel, by R. Chaim Vital, Sha'ar Hagilgulim, and some of the ideas are similar to the Druze concept, such as a Jew will always come back as a Jew, with a slight twist to accommodate the fact that Judaism allows converts.

@michaels4255

2 жыл бұрын

If a Jew gets reincarnated, which incarnation will he be resurrected as on the last day?

@LangThoughts

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaels4255 It depends on what Rabbi you ask, but some say most will be the last soul, except in special cases, in which the soul will be "shared" by all the bodies, while others say that every soul will be "shared" among all the bodies it was in.

@oaktree__

2 жыл бұрын

@cabgab Good questions! According to Jewish law, any Jew can marry another, no matter what their ethnic background or nusaḥ (prayer rite tradition, which is very tied to ethnicity and geography) is. So an Ashkenazi Jew can marry a Mizrahi, a Mizrahi can marry a Sefardi, a Sefardi can marry an Ashkenazi, and so on. Jewish law requires that both parties be Jewish in accordance with Jewish law (in a narrow sense, this means either they have a Jewish mother or they've converted to Judaism). In practice, some Jewish groups can be prejudiced against others - Syrian Jews are notorious for not marrying non-Syrian Jews, and it used to be relatively common in the 18th through 20th centuries that Ashkenazi Jews wouldn't marry non-Ashkenazi Jews. But prior to the 19th century, and from the mid-20th century on, it's been quite common for Jewish ethnic groups to intermarry, particularly in Israel, where tons and tons of Jews have mixed (Jewish) descent. I'm Ashkenazi but many people in my extended family in Israel have married people who are from Sefardi or Mizrahi families. To your second question about "meshuchrarim", these people were a tiny, tiny historical minority among the Paradesi Sephardic Jews of Cochin, India, and don't really exist as their own group anymore, since they have mostly assimilated into either the non-Jewish Indian majority or the Paradesi Jewish community. Most Jews have never heard of them. We (as in Jews as a whole) also don't really talk about "higher-class" or "lower-class" Jews, since all Jews who are Jewish according to Jewish law are considered as equals in our communities under Jewish law; we don't officially have a caste system except for Levi'im and Kohanim (Levites and Cohens, people from those two specific tribes in biblical times; today there's no social prestige with being a Cohen or a Levi, it just means more ritual religious obligations). In short: officially, there's no Jewish doctrinal support for racism or of the idea that one Jewish ethnicity is better than another. However, like with Muslims (Muslim doctrine says that all are equal, but in practice, there is sometimes a kind of Arab supremacy), in actual real life there can be prejudice.

@farestimani9204

2 жыл бұрын

Your points are incorrect. Just like the presenter, which is why we remain esoteric. We don’t worship in mosques. We are not kinship with the Jews. We are ethnoreligious by genetics and blood. You cannot convert to the deen, unlike Judaism. We are forced to serve in isnotreal, this can be referenced in the Amman conference, 1954. More and more Druze are refusing to serve. We don’t believe in prophets and yes, we only marry within the tribe. The fact foreigners speak to our people and perpetuate untrue origins of our history. We are the muwahhidun, not den. The eternal children of the true father. God bless Bani Maarouf and salaman.💚💛❤️💙🤍

My Dad once said that the Druze are to Islam what Mormonism is to Christianity.

@megazekemeister

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's more like Druze is to Islam as Christianity is to Judaism - there are many parallels there

@supremelegal

2 жыл бұрын

@@megazekemeister good analogy there😄

@boygenius538_8

2 жыл бұрын

I’m Muslim and I’d say ahmadiya are more Mormon like. Both are heretical and not Islam.

@abdel-qudus1143

6 ай бұрын

@@supremelegalShia is more the catholism of Islam (even if people still consider Shia Muslim (since Shia called them selves muslim) they are quiet different and almost a parallel to christianity (like just remplace the Chrisitian Jesus by Ali))

@abdel-qudus1143

6 ай бұрын

@@boygenius538_8 Yep, Shia are more like the Catholic, Druze like the evangelical and Ahmadiya like the Mormonist

Very excited about the upcoming podcast!

I was waiting a long time for a Druze people video ❤

Thank you for this. The Druz have always been a subject of great interest to me. Terrific topic, like all of your videos!

I really enjoyed this video. I'm very interested in all religion and long wanted to know more about the Druze. Thank you. 🙏🕊🌹💞

Thank you for putting this out, I was shocked by the misleading of OTHER videos, but this video is way more accurate than those and actually proves our history, thanks again.

A superb video production. Very informative. Thank you.

Can't wait for the podcast!!!

Great video as always, the mostly unknown and somewhat esoteric middle eastern religions are incredibly interesting

Excellent exposé on this little known group. Based on your description of their history and religion, it sounds as if they have a solid belief system that could have universal appeal. I look forward to more on this topic.

@itismeanttobe

Жыл бұрын

Very close to muslims way of living just different traditions and beliefs

im israeli and my best friend from uni is a druze some of the best ppl i ever meet

all the times that I have discussed this with Druze figures they defined the issue of marriage differently. they have no ban on marriages to non-druze people, but due to the "closed to converts" nature of the religion, any kids born from a marriage to a non-Druze - will not be recognized as Druze and can't 'convert' into the religion/nation. that being said, they maintain family connections with them no mater who they marry.

Thank you so much for sharing ❤️

Can’t wait for the podcast. Very good news.

Hi there, firstly: nice clip and a nice informative channel in general. I end up up here occasionally an always find the shared information infomative in one way or the other, not essentially due to new facts or so but the overviews are presented in a pleasantly compact way without being too consice (searchterms are indeed provided). 👍 Anyhow, at about 14:40 the term 'transmigration of the soul' is mentioned. I am aware of the fact that, apart from the Druzes, the Yazidis c.q. Sharfadin-believers also believe in some variation of soul transmigration but there are two points of attention here: Sharfadin are indeed thought to be partially non-Abramahic and of some older Persian spiritual extraction with an ancient Vedic background (which makes the whole idea less alien to their tradition). Furthermore other Yarsanis, at least as far as I have understood, also tend towards the belief in some form of reincarnation. Secondly it should be mentioned that certain Judaic traditions also explicitly adhere some idea of soul transmigration, mainly due to the qabbalistic school of thought; therein it is mentioned as "Gilgul ha-Nemshahot". The whole notion of transmigration of the soul (or certain aspects of it) is apparently less uncommon then 'we' seem to have been assuming and is always attributed to traditions that are either considered ancient and pagan or Dhramic, erroneously so it seems.

I worked at kibbutz El Rom in the Golan Heights back in the early 00's (I'm South African btw). I visited the local Druze village near the kibbutz and I gotta say we went for the fabulous street food! I had no idea they have links to the Abrahamic faiths! Really enjoyed the informative video! Just subbed!

@olliefoxx7165

6 ай бұрын

You worked at a kibbutz and you're South African? You must be Israeli as well. Aren't all jews Israeli citizens first then wherever they come from second?

@Sgr667

5 ай бұрын

​@@olliefoxx7165bro. People from all over the world are coming to work in kibbutz. Well a lot of them are Americans but not all of them and not all of them are Jewish. Mostly just people that want to contribute to Israel

@olliefoxx7165

5 ай бұрын

@@Sgr667 Wow. People from all over the world showing up to "contribute" to Israel. Working for free to give the fruits of all their labor to one of the richest nations on the planet. The single biggest recepient of US aid in the world. I wish we had random people showing up in our country to "contribute" to America. Israel is such an amazing place that even non-jews work for free to contribute to it. Simply an unbelievable place.

@Sgr667

5 ай бұрын

@@olliefoxx7165 I answered your question. There was no need for sarcasm.dude. and yes. It is called volunteer work. Something you probably never heard of.

@olliefoxx7165

5 ай бұрын

@@Sgr667 I know what it is and I used sarcasm to politely push back on a narrative. Jews from various nations all over the world go to Israel to contribute toward their shared/one true homeland. It's what unites them all together. Nothing wrong with that. I wish people in my country put their nation first. I think it's admirable.

Love this channel tremendously..Top Tier Scholarship.

It's interesting that, apart from believing in reincarnation, the Druze use the same 5 colors that are used in Tibetan Bon religion (the so called "five pure lights"), where they are also emanations (but in this case of emptiness).

@____________838

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if there’s any reason for that?

@colincampbell4261

2 жыл бұрын

Three prime colours plus green and white.

@switchbladejimmy7655

2 жыл бұрын

AND the same colors you see in more contemporary forms of Western Esotericism; such as certain symbols among certain Masonic bodies, e.g. the Order of the Eastern Star.

I asked for this video a long time ago, I doubt this was uploaded because of that comment but I’m so glad you made this! There seems to be sparse information online about them

AH THANK YOU SIR! GOD BLESS YOU! TO BE HONEST, THERE'S TIMES WHEN I THINK I CAN RELATE BETTER TO THE DRUZE THINKING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS. I'VE HAD NO REAL DEEP STUDY ABOUT THIS BUT I'VE ONLY ENCOUNTERED "UNEXPLAINED OCCURENCES" & LISTENING TO YOU I AM AMAZED. MORE POWER TO YOU SIR, YOUR SERVICE TO HUMANITY'S EDUCATION IS APRECIATED BY MY WHOLE BEING. MAY GOD KEEP YOU STRONG & ABLE. MAY GODLY WISDOM LIGHT & GUIDE YOU THROUGH ALL YOUR DAYS AHEAD. TCARE KINDLY PRAY SIR, MAY GODLY WISDOM LIGHT & GUIDE WORLD LEADERS, THE WORLD OF NATIONS, ALL OF HUMANITY, MAY THE HUMAN RACE ACHIEVE HARMONY IN DIVERSITY, PEACE & PROSPERITY.

Is there a plan to have full captions? I would like to share this video with my hard-of-hearing friend and the current captions are sometimes inaccurate.

Thank you! Waited a long time for this video !!

famed radio DJ Casey Kasem whom was also voice of Shaggy Roberts from Scooby Doo was a member of the Druze

sounds like a very very interesting idea this tawheed. love it.

Very interesting video. One aspect of Druze culture you left out was the tendency to be very loyal to the government of the country they reside in. Many Druze serve in the Israel Defense Force (some at very high officer levels) and might end up fighting (possibly related) Druze serving in the Syrian or Lebanese military.

@junesilvermanb2979

Жыл бұрын

Military en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military

@user-qh4dr1vy9d

Жыл бұрын

German Druzes 💀💀

@gamermapper

Жыл бұрын

The opposite of the Jehovah Witnesses

@gamermapper

Жыл бұрын

@@ionatanmacbhaididh5736 the jws say they're never loyal to the government and refuse to fight in all wars

@Unohana.Yachiru

Жыл бұрын

NOO WAIT we would never do that .. yes it's true but the part that states that we would fight each other for political things is wrong .. cause you would be kicked out of the community if you do so

Very interesting video on a topic that is hard to find information on!

Love it! Learned something new today. Thank you 💜

@junesilvermanb2979

Жыл бұрын

Purple Heart wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Heart

@Traumatose

Жыл бұрын

@@junesilvermanb2979 Thank you for this piece of trivia! Hope you learned the difference between a medal and an emoji ✌️🤭

I have literally watched this over breakfast. Very informative about a subject which I know very little about.

Excellent. Thank you!

The belief in sort of prophet-like figures in other religions as well as their own is an interesting concept, one I think also exists in Ahmadiyya islam. Hope this channel does a video about that group as well at some point.

@yurichtube1162

2 жыл бұрын

Ahmadi's are seen as heretics by sunni and shia muslims. One of the few rare occasions they agree with each other.

@vallraffs

2 жыл бұрын

@@yurichtube1162 It's also interesting that, to my understanding, groups as divergent as *Druze* are recognized as muslims by some sunni (at least as stated in one Fatwa from Al-Azhar in Egypt), while the Ahmadiyya community who to their core identify as muslims, are not.

@supremelegal

2 жыл бұрын

@@vallraffs no Muslim authority accepts them as Muslim and i am a Muslim who studied Arabic and Islamic theology i know what i am talking about

@vallraffs

2 жыл бұрын

@@supremelegal Okay, if you say so. I have no such credentials, so I'll take your word that that is the case presently. I was going off of a declaration to that effect made in 1959. But if it isn't authoritative in the present, fair enough

@the11382

2 жыл бұрын

@@supremelegal What counts as Muslim to you? Accusations of apostacy or being a nonbeliever are shockingly common in the Muslim world.

As usual... epic! ❤️ Much thanks! And please Andrew don't forget the video about Rabbinic Literature! 🙏🏻

Can you do a video on the Quakers? It's a very interesting faith group with a very rich history

Nice one :) I was wondering if you have any plans on making videos that focus more on the theoretical side of religious studies? There is hardly any content that deals with these topics on KZread, which is such a shame :D

@ReligionForBreakfast

2 жыл бұрын

That's the plan, yes. I just filmed a huge video on Roy Rappaport's theory of ritual today. Much more theoretical.

@algepaca

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReligionForBreakfast Omg Rappaport.. no way :D That’s so awesome!

Druze are gorgeous people! Israel is highly value their Druze population. They are survivors and kind at the same time.

@Aiden_Muslim

Жыл бұрын

How?

Yes for the podcast! Can't wait! Also, I couldn't help thinking of Al-Tanukhi as a plumber with a a tail flying around. No, I'm not 12, sadly ha. Wonderful work as always!

@ReligionForBreakfast

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Mario 3 was very much on my mind while filming this!

@MerkhVision

Жыл бұрын

@@ReligionForBreakfast glad it wasn’t just me being silly haha

I remember the Druze well. During my time with the UN peacekeeping, I found them the most reliable ally.

Interesting, as always. A pleasure to watch.

As Lone Star once said, "Oh great. That's all we needed. A Druish princess."

@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Great information Proud to be one of them. Also the Druze made great history in the Levant

Very happy to hear about a Religion For Breakfast podcast!

I'm seriously impressed that you can pronounce these names, Dr. Henry. I love your videos.

@Salsmachev

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly his Arabic pronunciation isn't very good.

@cjmattrocks

Жыл бұрын

@@Salsmachev yeah, like HACK-ihm should be huh-KEEM

@iRxyanDestinygtaandmoreL

2 ай бұрын

Not really tho

This is a very accurate synopsis..great job! Thank you for this more in-depth knowledge about this unique faith.

Brilliant channel.

Druze here, would like to specify that while it is referred to as an “ethnoreligion”, we are not an ethnic group, strictly a religious one.

@AFBLYS

Жыл бұрын

I don’t understand the druzes. You may be the real Islam. You might be another different comment of Islam. Don’t take the sunni muslims’ into consideration…

There are also Druze in Israel/Palestine. My youngest brother is Druze from Israel. They are a fascinating people.

I’ve always wondered how many smaller religious movements go extinct each year and whether the total number of sects and religious movements is growing or shrinking. Would be a cool video idea, but would require a lot of research.

Great stuff. Kinda amazing to think the druze today are druze only because 1000 years ago their ancestors decided to become druze in a small window of opportunity.

@KD-oy8qt

2 жыл бұрын

And one of them Druze is going to marry George Clooney , small world I guess

@YaverMemolibaba

2 жыл бұрын

I have 11,5% Druze ancestry, according to Dna tests, didnt have a clue..

@KD-oy8qt

2 жыл бұрын

@@YaverMemolibaba are you from Latin America? There was a great migration wave from ottoman Syria to the americas in the early 19th century , could be that

@YaverMemolibaba

2 жыл бұрын

@@KD-oy8qt no, i am caucasian turk:)

@KD-oy8qt

2 жыл бұрын

@@YaverMemolibaba oh! I think the DNA test got it reversed, I believe you shared the same ancesstory as some durzi families in the Levant who are originally for turkey/ cacusse (see arslan family) and later became druz

Good job! Thank you

Excellent intro to the Druze; thank you for sharing your scholarship

It is interesting that the Druze seem to characterize mind as pre-dating soul, in a theistic-cosmic sense. I wonder how common this is in theorized models of soul across different religions and philosophies. Indeed from the Judeo-Christian sense it feels like there is often a significant overlap between the two concepts.

As a druze im happy to see our religion getting know by others since there aren't many druze in the world

@MoukhlesDerbal

Ай бұрын

Hello. I want to learn more about your religion, i find it very interesting

@iRxyanMD

Ай бұрын

@@MoukhlesDerbal I'm glad 😄,I'll be happy to answer any questions I know the response off, what would you learn more about?

@MoukhlesDerbal

Ай бұрын

@@iRxyanMD thank you. Firstly, do you guys consider yourself Muslims?

@iRxyanMD

Ай бұрын

@@MoukhlesDerbal no we do not

@MoukhlesDerbal

Ай бұрын

@@iRxyanMD Do you rever greek philosophers?

Did you say ..... Podcast?!?! Oh yeah, I have endless mind numbing hours at work I fill with Podcast. So awesome.

I work for druze from Lebanon here in virginia

Could you cover the Shepard of Hermas?

I live in Israel and know a bunch of Druze but nothing about the religion.

@boygenius538_8

2 жыл бұрын

They probably don’t know either

We Jews LOVE the Druze - some of the greatest, most honest and hospitable people in the world ❤

@norwegiangangsta

7 ай бұрын

Druze even help the Israelis now

@salamyaya162

3 ай бұрын

You liars don't love anyone

After taking a genetics test I discovered that I am part Druze. Apparently there can be no mistake as the group is so small. So I am also a blue eyed Druze.

@meerpirat508

Жыл бұрын

You're only a druze if both of your parents are druzes.

@MrCyclist

Жыл бұрын

Since Druze is a religion and not an ethnicity I fail to understand how a genetic test can apply. Just a query.

@Ccroes

Жыл бұрын

@@MrCyclist they’re an ethnic group

@noorlita

Жыл бұрын

@@MrCyclist ethnoreligious group

@yusefkhan1752

Жыл бұрын

@@MrCyclist it’s an ethnicity in certain countries that were founded by European settlers in the Middle East. They’re not real. The DNA just says your family members.

The Druze have a really beautiful symbol of all things.

I'm From Venezuela and have seen that star in my hometown, never knew what it meant until now

The colors on the star atop the building first show differ in their arrangement from the graphic you later show. Is this significant? Does it matter how the colors are arranged, or is this a mistake? Are there differing notions of how the colors and the principles they represent should be arranged?

@andrewsuryali8540

2 жыл бұрын

Green takes precedence. Every other color's positioning depends on the emphasis put on it by the specific strain of the Druze community who made the star. You can actually see this in the Druze flag too. That's why green is in the form of a triangle at the base with the other colors extending out from it.

@Unohana.Yachiru

Жыл бұрын

yes there's an arrangement .. it's as follows : Green, red, yellow, blue and white

First of all there is so much information that is totally new to me so judging will be so hard for me but I deeply loved what I heard. Thank you and God bless each of you who help to make this little documentary. Although I disagree opening up on this religion because there is no proof that such thing was useful to the world, am proudly Druze and a believer and with all love to other religions I can say humans always thinking about their own benefits and here am talking about my own people before I look at the people from different religion. The same way the Druze are not a risk to anybody let no risk get around them. Second but not last, my message is to the people that with good faith but with a different religion, the information you could gather now is enough if you become a true believer. I believe God will make your way through. At last I just want to say that I am not a Sheikh, I am just a believer with little information and big faith and am just sharing my opinion.

Glad to learn about the druze never knew such religion existed

What I was just looking this up yesterday! Do you have my serve history

Thanks very much.

I am looking forward to the next history video!

Can you do a video about the connections between Christianity and Buddhism? I have seen some connections with the gnostic gospels, too. So was there a connection between Christianity and Buddhism?

@snipescyth7944

Жыл бұрын

Probably Christianity and hinduism

druze as society truly magnificent group, strong families and balanced state of mind. i admire their way of beeing great part in any country they live in ( as a Jewish Israeli i see them as brothers) by the way what's make them similar to Judaism that the faith does not want to convert the one who don't want

@khalilabushahin418

Жыл бұрын

Do good that they killed 100 people on q village in Lebanon

I think the One isn't intellective for Plotinus. The Intellect is, and it's second to it.

Interesting. Thanks very much.

Thank you for very informative video. Can you tell how many religion/faith/sects believe in occultation and subsequent return of Messiah?

@andrewsuryali8540

2 жыл бұрын

Messiah or founder/originator? These are different things. For example, no Buddhist believes the original founder of their religion (Siddharta Gautama) would return, but many believe that a messianic figure in the form of the Maitreya Buddha will come to redeem the world.

@TheCaylu

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsuryali8540 Thank you for giving interesting information on Buddhist beliefs. Yes i understand that founder and Messiah are two different terminilogies but i am only asking about the return of a Messianic figure. I am not asking about the return of the founder. So is Siddharta Gautama already passed and will return for his second life?

@andrewsuryali8540

2 жыл бұрын

​@@TheCaylu I won't comment on the whether Siddharta Gautama has passed on because that kind of depends on what sect of Buddhism one belongs to. My family's ancestral sect don't think he'd passed on in the way you're probably thinking, nor do they believe he had occulted. The belief system is a bit convoluted in that sect seem to think the person Siddharta Gautama had simply died and allowed the being of the Buddha to achieve union with the universe, erasing his individuality. However, I know that neither they nor any other sect or strain I've encountered believe the Gautama Buddha is returning. They do believe that the Maitreya will come in a few million years but they don't think the Maitreya is the same Buddha as Gautama. Oh, some Buddhists do believe in the "one Buddha principle", meaning all the Buddhas are just manifestations of the same enlightened soul, so I guess in that sense you can sort of say that some Buddhists do believe the Gautama Buddha would return, but it won't be Siddharta Gautama who returns, if that makes sense. Note however, that the Maitreya HAS NOT COME, and therefore is not "returning". As for the return of the Messiah, this is a very Judeo-Christian strain of thought because it by definition requires the Messiah to have already come (can't return if you haven't been here before). The Jewish community is surprisingly rather prone to this idea because by now we actually already have THREE messiahs within recorded history who emerged from the Jewish people, established a following, died, and left followers believing he would return to bring forth the true messianic age. Jesus is of course the most famous, but we also know of Shabbatai Tsvi and the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe is especially fascinating as he passed away in 1994 and his most ardent followers still believe he had either occulted or is somehow still alive and will return. What's interesting is that, unlike with the vehement rejection of the first two figures, the Jewish community at large still have not disowned the Chabadniks who believe in the Rebbe's messianic status. Within Christianity we occasionally also see the appearance of occulted messiahs in minority cults. The most recent one is the QAnon breakaway sect who have been congregating in Dallas in the belief that JFK Jr. (and/or Sr.) will return to bring forth an American messianic age. Within Islam, we have this video, the Shia Mahdi, and the very similar Ahmadiyyah movement. Outside of Judeo-Christian (and Islamic) religious communities, the idea of occulted and returning messiahs is almost nonexistent. Most religious movements have some sort of founder figure, some sort of messiah figure, or a founder-messiah, but almost none is waiting for the "return" of these figures. Usually they're still waiting for their messiah-equivalent to come or believe he already came and the job's finished.

Took the 23 and me DNA test and found out I was 3% Druze. Surprised me knowing a few Druze who told me that they were completely endogamous.

@jared_bowden

2 жыл бұрын

The 3% given by a 23-and-me test doesn't necessarily mean that 3% of your ancestors were Druze, but that 3% of genes relevant to the test match those that have been associated with the Druze. It's a subtle but important difference.

@FrJohnBrownSJ

2 жыл бұрын

@@jared_bowden can you explain more? I mean I obviously know that Druze refers to an ethnic group as well as a religion, and DNA tells me nothing about religion, but what am I missing about having an ancestor belonging to that ethnic group? How is it not like the French, Irish, Native American, and Mongolian DNA that makes up the other 97%?

@maxsteinlechner6085

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe statistical noise

@stevenglowacki8576

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrJohnBrownSJ The people who formed the Druze community initially had relatives that did not become Druze. The genes common to the Druze community now would have been passed down by those relatives to other people who were not Druze.

@FrJohnBrownSJ

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenglowacki8576 I see. So if I'm understanding you correctly, the Druze marker might not be the exclusive Druze marker 23 and Me claims?

thank you alot, you helped me a ton making a school project about the druze.

Dr. Andrew, doesn't Emanationism also appear in Kabbalah, especially when comparing it with the Druze and Tawhid, viz the section of the Tekkunei Zohar called "Petech Eliyahu" (may be referred to as Petheḥ Eliyahu in some works)? Also, talking of Kabballah, Jews that place an emphasis on it also are Middle Eastern group that believe in reincarnation, especially since the main exposition of reincarnation in Kabballah is a book written in Northern Israel, by R. Chaim Vital, Sha'ar Hagilgulim, and some of the ideas are similiar to the Druze concept, such as a Jew will always come back as a Jew, with a slight twist to accommodate the fact that Judaism allows converts.

@andrewsuryali8540

2 жыл бұрын

It isn't strange to find emanationism in the Zohar provided you understand that historically it was written by deLeon, not Shimon bar Yochai. DeLeon lived in a society deeply influenced by exactly the strain of Islam that adopted neoplatonism. That said, the concept of emanations got into Judaism long before the Zohar through the writings of Philo of Alexandria. It's the Judaic version of this concept that made its way to the Johannine version of Christianity.

@megazekemeister

2 жыл бұрын

There are many parallels between Druze and Kabbalistic teachings as they are both highly influenced by neo-Platonic and perhaps Gnostic thought and even by Isma'ili thought specifically (I assume that Isma'ili influence on Kabbalah may be debatable but I certainly think that it's possible).

@LangThoughts

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsuryali8540 Where did I say I was surprised at this? I know where Dr. Andrew stands on the matter, but I felt once he was engaging in comparatives, that is, mentioning other Modern-day movements, such as the Yazidis and the Mandaeans, that why not mention Kabballa, even from his stance on the matter? Note that I brought up, and did not shy away from mentioning, Sha'ar Hagilgulim, written in Tzfat, not far from the Druze site of Qabar Nabi Shu'ayb, written after the Druze were established- if that does not show a self-imposed challenge to Kabballah being of ancient origin, what does? Does it not show I am able to discuss comparatives divorced from my beliefs, from the same Academic Stance that RFB takes? Did anything I said lead to you needing to attaçk my beliefs? Why should I not show respect for RFB's stance on the matter? Do you not realize that this channel itself, while holding to the Academic version, doesn't judge people for not holding to that- you can't approach these topics without that understanding- so why attaçk the Yochaic origin of Kabbalah? Watch RFB's Kabballah video again- at any point did they engage in a polemical attaçk on that idea? No, He acknowledged it, and stated that Academic students of ʀeligion reject it- but he never attaçked it, or implied any insult to those who believe in it- respectful disagreement. If you don't know where this channel is coming from in that department, why even comment on it? Why assume I was pushing the Yochaic origin of the Zohar- I was making a comparison, and it doesn't matter whether Bar Yochai was the author or De Leon- from both standpoints the comparison can be acknowledged, and IMO, from an Academic standpoint SHOULD be, once he brought up the Yazidis and Mandaeans as other belief systems that exist today with emanationism?

Do you have any video on Ismaili/Nizari Ismaili ?? or any plan to make one? thanks

Thanks!

I'm Muslim and I respect all Religions I admit to say That Druzes Are Muslims They are Part of Shias as their Founder is a Fatimat Caliphat which were Shia Branch. They and the Aliwaite share the Same Druze Denied being close to Shia Islam But the Fact and Reality their founder is A Fatimat Shia Caliph. As you mention in this Video Im 100% agree with you. You Are very Correct and Accurate. All your Information you told in this Video I My self search and come up with the Same Infos. Thank you so much. Very good Representation. Just something As muslims I would Say We don't Believe in Receirantion but the Druze do.

@DixieFaukner

Жыл бұрын

the don't consider themselves muslims

I’ve always respected the Druze, they are peaceful nice people.

This sounds like a lot of stuff that influenced Dune.

@kkassam

2 жыл бұрын

Prof. Carl Ernst had a talk where he presented on the influence of the history of the early phase of the Fatimid Dawa (a few generations before Imam Al-Hakim) on Frank Herbert’s Dune kzread.info/dash/bejne/pmqYm9qYkZO3Ydo.html

@andrewsuryali8540

2 жыл бұрын

It's funny because Herbert used the name Zensunni Wanderers for the ancestors of his Fremen, but a lot of the ideas that pop up in their belief system are clearly Shia in origin.

Very thorough and interesting!

How would I go about studying religion if I wanted to focus on the Druze?