Halabi, Les Druzes (2005)
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Abbas el Halabi, Les Druzes. Vivre avec l’ avenir (Éditions Dar An-Nahar, Beirut 2005)
Ethnological study (in French) of the Druze of the Middle East from the 11th c., when this mountain people was forced by their Fatimid rulers to convert to what became their own, very distinctive form of Islam, until the modern period. Geographical spread, religious traditions, internal organization, culture and present-day reality.
Bibliography, pp 205-208. Three papers from conferences concerning the Druze of Lebanon (2002, 1995 and 1987) appear as appendices: Appendix I: ‘Paper read at the Colloque France-Levant (Lyon, 2002)’ pp 209-229; II: ‘Remarks made at the Synode pour le Liban’ (Vatican, 1995) pp 231-236; III ‘Remarks made on behalf of the Permanent Bureau of Druze Institutions, at the annual convention of the American Druze Society’ (Durango, Colorado, 1987), pp 237-244. 16 BW phot. on 8 pages inset between pp 208 and 209. Total pages, 246.
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