The Druze dogma was developed in the 5th / 11th century in Cairo during the reign of the sixth Fatimid caliph al-岣つ乲im.
The founders of this dogma, notably 岣mza, were Ismaili missionaries who, in their writings known as聽补濒-岣办尘补聽or the聽Ras膩示il 补濒-岣办尘补, established a new Ismaili Shi’i doctrine, which parted from the mainstream Fatimid doctrine.
Accused of extremism and exaggeration (ghuluww), the聽Druze聽movement was then banned from Cairo under the聽caliphate聽of al-岷捘乭ir, so it only developed in the Syrian mountains. Rural clan leaders in Syria had indeed converted to Druzism during the聽诲补士飞补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…聽(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 Sunni聽fiqhThe science of Islamic jurisprudence.聽and customary law.
