# Druze · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow Source: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/atlas/library/canon/druze/ · The Congregation of Tomorrow · the Atlas · language: en The same words a person sees on this page, nothing more and nothing hidden. Our own words are free to use under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), naming the Congregation of Tomorrow. Words of others keep their own terms. Every page of the site, listed: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/ai/pages.json · the whole site in one file: https://congregationoftomorrow.org/llms-full.txt ← The Canon: all 125 The Canon · No. 060 Druze al-Muwahhidun, the Unitarians 1017 CE – present · Abrahamic · Living · Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan V. THE MEDIEVAL WORLD — c.500 – 1500 CE ### How many ### Who began it ### What it is for ### What it worships ### What it holds ### What it does ### After death ### Its texts ### Its branches ### Of note ### Its timeline - 996–1021 CE Reign of al-Hakim in Fatimid Egypt; he disappears in 1021 in circumstances never explained. - 1017 CE The call is proclaimed; the community's era begins. - 1043 CE The door closes. No further conversions accepted, permanently. - 1516–1918 CE Ottoman rule; a series of Druze emirates in Mount Lebanon, notably under Fakhr al-Din II. - 1860 CE Druze-Maronite civil war in Mount Lebanon; European intervention follows. - 1925–27 CE The Great Syrian Revolt against the French, led by Sultan al-Atrash, a Druze. - 1957 CE Israel recognises the Druze as a separate religious community; Israeli Druze men are subject to conscription, unlike other Arab citizens — a status that remains internally contested. - 1975–1990 CE Lebanese civil war; Walid Jumblatt leads the Druze faction. - 2011–present The Syrian war; Druze communities in Suwayda navigate between the regime, opposition and jihadist groups. ### Sources Not yet checked against named sources. This entry is the house's reading; until it is checked, treat each claim as unverified. Correct it, with a source. The Atlas The Door