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A Documentary about the evolution of the Duruze history and culture. Historical outline, research, bibliography, events, photos and other information.
--webbot botNavigation S-Orientationhorizontal S-Renderinggraphics B-FirstInsertTRUE S-Typechildren startspan ----webbot botNavigation i-checksum54587 endspan --A Work in-Progress Documentary about the Evolution of the Duruze History and Culture Fatimid Caliph al-Aziz began construction of the Mosque of al-Hakim in990 ADand was completed by his son al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah and his overseer Abu Muhammadal-Hafiz ?d al-Ghani ibn Saeed al-Misri in 1013 ADAhlan Wa Sahlan #1571; #1607; #1604; #1575; #1608; #1587; #1607; #1604; #1575;This is an attempt by one Druze, assisted by family members and academic friends, to reach a factual historical expression, that is in harmony with the real DRUZE HISTORY AND CULTURE. As a young Druze, I was exposed to all our religious practices (including Hikma readings), when my older brother used to take me with him to Thursday nights worship meetings in the Mejlis.Out of this experience, a Thirst to know our History and Spirituality became more urgent, as I observed reactions of my fellow Arabs to my being a DRUZE, which lead me to see clearly the great GAP between the values I was raised with, as a Druze, and the tainted conception of us (as Druze) that has prevailed in most of the Islamic World for a long timeMy reactions to this great GAP was a greater determination not to let any one define who I am anymore, and decided to find out on my own the historical evolution that brought about what we are todayAfter my graduation as civil Engineer in 1967 , I returned to college to study history and continued to do so up till present timeI read most of what has been written about the Druze, and talked with several college professors who researched the Fatimids period with special focus on al-Imam al-Hakim bi-Amrillah . I was not convinced of the contradictions that were portrayed in this First Egyptian Caliphs personality. Finally, I had access to two books on al-Imam al-Hakim. The first book was by a great and courageous Egyptian scholar, the late Dr. Abdul Munim Majid, a professor of Arabic literature at Ain Shams University in Cairo, where he was, for the first time since Ibn Khaldoon, to use logic, in his portrayal of al-Hakim, that was consistent with reality, and showed that the good values that al-Hakim espoused are still living with us today manifested in the Druze daily behaviorThe second book was by Mohammed Anan, who does not tell who he is anywhere in his book and quotes some unknown writer who does not see any thing good about the Druze. Luckily Dr. Majid in his book denounced Mr. Anans scholarshipBecause al-Imam al-Hakim occupies a very high and honorable place in our tradition, I focused my research on the fourth and fifth Hijra centuries (tenth and eleventh AD). What I have found so far is a monumental distortion of historical facts on a grand scale, that made me feel the painful injustices that were brought upon our people all these centuries. I have also felt that because I am a part of this Arabic/Islamic h
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