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][48][49][50] 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").[51]
Masyarakat agama Druze memainkan peran yang sangat penting dalam membentuk sejarah Syam, karena turut memainkan peran politik yang signifikan.[52] Sebagai minoritas, mereka sering mengalami persekusi oleh berbagai rezim Muslim, termasuk ekstremisme Islam kontemporer..[53][54][55]
^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
^Hunter, Shireen (2010). The Politics of Islamic Revivalism: Diversity and Unity: Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown University. Center for Strategic and International Studies. University of Michigan Press. hlm. 33. ISBN9780253345493. Druze – An offshoot of Shi'ism; its members are not considered Muslims by orthodox Muslims.
^Yazbeck Haddad, Yvonne (2014). The Oxford Handbook of American Islam. Oxford University Press. hlm. 142. ISBN9780199862634. While they appear parallel to those of normative Islam, in the Druze religion they are different in meaning and interpretation. The religion is considered distinct from the Ismaili as well as from other Muslims belief and practice... Most Druze do not identify as Muslims..
^"Ismāʿīliyyah". Encyclopædia Britannica. 20 Januari 2017. The Druze, who live mostly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, are also Ismāʿīlī in origin.
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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.