Druze melarang orang asing masuk agamanya. Pernikahan beda agama sangat jarang dan sangat dipertanyakan. Kebanyakan praktik ibadahnya juga rahasia.[45]
Penganut Druze bukanlah seorang Muslim, meski berkembang dari agama Syiah Ismailiyah.[46][47] Keyakinan Druze menjadi salah satu kelompok religius terbesar di Syam, dengan populasi antara 800.000 hingga 1 juta pengikut. Banyak dijumpai di Lebanon, Suriah, dan Israel, dengan komunitas kecil di Yordania. Mereka mencakup 5,5% populasi Lebanon, 3% populasi Suriah, dan 1,6% populasi Israel. Populasi Druze terbanyak sekaligus tertua ada di Gunung Lebanon dan di selatan Suriah di sekitar Jabal ad-Duruz ("Gunung Druze").[48]
Masyarakat agama Druze memainkan peran yang sangat penting dalam membentuk sejarah Syam, karena turut memainkan peran politik yang signifikan.[49] Sebagai minoritas, mereka sering mengalami persekusi oleh berbagai rezim Muslim, termasuk ekstremisme Islam kontemporer..[50][51][52]
^Carl Skutsch (7 November 2013). Skutsch, Carl, ed. Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. hlm. 410. ISBN978-1-135-19388-1. Total Population: 800,000
^Robert Brenton Betts (1 January 1990). The Druze (edisi ke-illustrated, reprint, revised). Yale University Press. hlm. 55. ISBN978-0-300-04810-0. The total population of Druze throughout the world probably approaches one million.
^Donna Marsh (11 May 2015). Doing Business in the Middle East: A cultural and practical guide for all Business Professionals (edisi ke-revised). Hachette UK. ISBN978-1-4721-3567-4. It is believed there are no more than 1 million Druze worldwide; most live in the Levant.
^Samy Swayd (10 March 2015). Historical Dictionary of the Druzes (edisi ke-2). Rowman & Littlefield. hlm. 3. ISBN978-1-4422-4617-1. The Druze world population at present is perhaps nearing two million; ...
^Hendrix, Scott; Okeja, Uchenna, ed. (2018). The World's Greatest Religious Leaders: How Religious Figures Helped Shape World History [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. hlm. 11. ISBN978-1440841385.
^ abThe New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1992. hlm. 237. ISBN9780852295533. Druze religious beliefs developed out of Isma'ill teachings. Various Jewish, Christian, Gnostic, Neoplatonic, and Iranian elements, however, are combined under a doctrine of strict monotheism.
^D Nisan, Mordechai (2015). Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle and Self-Expression, 2d ed. McFarland. hlm. 94. ISBN9780786451333.
^Swayd, Samy (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Druzes. Rowman & Littlefield. hlm. 77. ISBN978-1442246171.
^S. Swayd, Samy (2009). The A to Z of the Druzes. Rowman & Littlefield. hlm. 109. ISBN9780810868366. They also cover the lives and teachings of some biblical personages, such as Job, Jethro, Jesus, John, Luke, and others
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^"Druze in Syria". Harvard University. The Druze are an ethnoreligious group concentrated in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel with around one million adherents worldwide. The Druze follow a millenarian offshoot of Isma’ili Shi'ism. Followers emphasize Abrahamic monotheism but consider the religion as separate from Islam.
^Zabad, Ibrahim (2017). Middle Eastern Minorities: The Impact of the Arab Spring. Taylor & Francis. hlm. 125. ISBN9781317096733. Although the Druze are a tiny community, they have played a vital role in the politics of the Levant
^J. Stewart, Dona (2008). The Middle East Today: Political, Geographical and Cultural Perspectives. Routledge. hlm. 33. ISBN9781135980795.