Druze People (Syria)

Druze Mountains, Jabal ad-Duruz

Last modified: 2002-09-28 by santiago dotor
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by David Kendall

• Description

See also:

• French Mandate of the Jebel Druze 1922-1932
• Druze People (Israel)
• Druze People (Lebanon)
• Syria

The Druze people are 400,000 living in Syria (mainly in the area of Jabal ad-Duruz - Druze Mountains), Lebanon and Israel and the shape of the flag is common to all of them. You may notice the former independent state of the Druze in Jabal ad-Duruz under the French in the 20's. The flag has no fixed proportions and the items I examined varies from 2:3 to 8:11. Usually the 8:11 is used in Israel (possibly to ease production by using the same proportions as the Israeli flag).

Dov Gutterman, 1 October 1998

The Druze flag is combined from 5 colors which represent the 5 prophets of the Druze secret religion. This is what a Druze friend told me and I hope he knows what he was talking about... The Druze religion is based principally on reincarnation. The exact rules and orders, all the prayers and even books are well hidden by this community even to its own members and only when they are of a certain age are they allowed in. It all started a few centuries ago in Iran where they were prosecuted by the Muslims. Their temples back there were burnt and they fled to the Middle East. The Druze people never seek their own country but are loyal to the country which holds their lands. You can find them in Israel, Lebanon and Syria and they are said to be the best warriors (si