Druze Erotic

Druze are a distinct ethno-religious community concentrated in the Levant — approximately 1-1.5 million globally, distributed across Lebanon (the largest national Druze population, ~280,000+ in Lebanon), Syria (~700,000+, concentrated in Jabal al-Druze / Suweida region in southern Syria plus the Damascus countryside), Israel (~150,000+, concentrated in the Galilee plus the Mount Carmel region), and Jordan (~32,000+, concentrated in Azraq and other communities) plus the substantial global Druze diaspora (Venezuela, the United States, Brazil, Australia, plus others). The Druze religion is a distinct ethno-religious tradition that emerged in 11th-c. CE Egypt under the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim plus subsequent religious development under Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad and other founders. The Druze religion incorporates elements of Islamic (predominantly Ismaili Shia source), Gnostic, Neoplatonic, and other source-religious traditions; Druze is endogamous (does not accept converts) and the religious knowledge is restricted to the initiated 'uqqal' / 'wise' sub-population. The Druze identity is both ethnic and religious — the community has historically maintained substantial political-military autonomy in the various states where it resides. Israeli Druze men are subject to the Israeli military draft (one of the few non-Jewish Israeli communities formally serving in the IDF). The Israeli Druze of the Galilee are predominantly Israeli citizens; the Israeli Druze of the Golan Heights are predominantly Syrian-citizenship-holding (the Golan Heights was occupied by Israel in 1967 and effectively annexed in 1981; the Druze population predominantly retains Syrian citizenship rather than accepting Israeli citizenship).