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'''Druze''' is a [[religious]] group living mainly in the [[Middle East]], whose religion is an offshoot of [[Islam]], but also incorporates some [[Gnostic]], [[neo-Platonic]] and other religious elements.
'''Druze''' is a [[religious]] group living mainly in the [[Middle East]], whose religion is an offshoot of [[Islam]], but also incorporates some [[Gnostic]], [[neo-Platonic]] and other religious elements.
==Lebanon==
The [[Maronite]]-[[Druze]] conflict in [[Lebanon]], 1840-60 was an outgrowth of the Maronite Christian independence movement directed against the Druze and Ottoman-Turks. The civil war was not therefore a religious war, except in Damascus where it spread and where the population was anti-Christian. The movement culminated with the 1859-60 massacre and defeat of the Christians by the Druzes, who were aided by the Turks. French intervention on behalf of the Maronites did not help the Maronite national movement since France was restricted in 1860 by Britain which did not want the [[Ottoman Empire]] dismembered. But European intervention pressured the Turks to treat the Maronites more justly.<ref> Antoine Abraham, "Lebanese Communal Relations," ''Muslim World'' 1977 67(2): 91-105</ref>
==External Links==
==External Links==
[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/druze.html ''The Druze''], Jewish Virtual Library
[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/druze.html ''The Druze''], Jewish Virtual Library
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[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:Islam]]