The Druze consider Jesus and Mohammed to be prophets. “If we have to choose, we will choose the lesser evil,” the speaker said, according to the Times of Israel.

Chief among the Druze prophets, however, is Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. Druze is an exonym, derived from one of the community’s early leaders, Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Darazi.

A quarter of Israeli Druze say they attend religious services at least weekly (25%) and a similar share say they pray daily (26%). Druze tradition also honors several “mentors” and “prophets,” ...

Mourners gather around the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant Colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

The Druze: Realities and Perceptions, Kamal Salibi. An international team of scholars share their insights within this profound contribution toward understanding the Druze community.

For the Druze, the choice is between domestic Islamists and a foreign force that occupies parts of Syria. For now, they seem to lean towards the latter. Published - May 04, 2025 02:51 am IST ...

Israeli Druze are watching their government's pressure campaign in Syria. Israel says recent airstrikes inside Syria are to protect the Druze religious minority there from sectarian violence.

Tensions are escalating in Syria's southern province of Suwayda between local Druze residents and the Sunni-led central government, as the latter seeks to assert its authority in the Druze ...

Druze is an exonym, derived from one of the community’s early leaders, Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Darazi. Among themselves they are known as al-Muwaḥḥidūn, meaning simply, monotheists.