The Importance Of Druze

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One question that frequently rises in the religion is, “What if I fall in love with someone who is not a Druze.” From a young age the Druze people are taught that all you have is religion. The youth are constantly forced to attend community parties and are pressured to have Druze friends and marry a Druze person. There is love in the religion, there is fate, there is soulmates; however, there is also pressure. Some people marry a Druze man woman because according to Abby Sewell, who interviewed Anita Dakdouk, states “I tell them, 'Don't think about yourself only, because there is family involved.'” whenever she is asked by here kids, “what if i don’t fall in love with a Druze.” (Finding a life partner is hard enough. For those of the Druze …show more content…

However, a woman is seen as unfaithful if she is out late with a man other than her husband, brother, or father. It is only socially acceptable if she is out with another woman and has the permission of her husband. Although to be Druze you have to be born into the religion, some people believe that it is acceptable if the father is a Druze then his kids can be Druze even if the mother is not; however, if the mother marries a non druze then her kids would not be considered Druze; however this is not true. A Sheikh, Al Amir El Sayed, explains that woman and men are equal in everything even. He even said that man should hold his wife at the same level. Share wealth, knowledge, and property. The men and women work hand in hand, the Wisdom books do not talk to the man separate to the women. Whatever is said in the books is applied for both. The Druze religion is very small leading to false information to be spread through the media; however, the Druze society continues to respect one another and know that what is said is not necessarily true and the one thing that describes the Druze religion to detail in the book of

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