The Druze dogma was developed in the 5th / 11th century in Cairo during the reign of the sixth Fatimid caliph al-畍つkim.
The founders of this dogma, notably 畍amza, were Ismaili missionaries who, in their writings known as温鉛-畍i一馨温or theRas幣il 温鉛-畍i一馨温, established a new Ismaili Shi’i doctrine, which parted from the mainstream Fatimid doctrine.
Accused of extremism and exaggeration (ghuluww), theDruzemovement was then banned from Cairo under thecaliphateof al-畉hir, so it only developed in the Syrian mountains. Rural clan leaders in Syria had indeed converted to Druzism during the糸温平敬温Lit. ‘summons’, ‘mission’ or invitation to Islam. Amongst Shi’i Muslims, it was the invitation to adopt the cause of the Imamat. It also refers more specifically to the hierarchy of…(1017-1043) and continued to pass on their doctrine secretly until the 9th / 15th century. In this talk, Dr Halawi shows how Druzism was in line with Ismaili doctrine at that time, while developing a substantive law influenced by SunnifiqhThe science of Islamic jurisprudence.and customary law.
