Did you know that "Druze" religion start in Egypt? Did you have any Druze friends?

The name Druze (in Arabic Duruz, meaning Druzes) was given to the community by outsiders based on the name of AL-Darazi, an early convert who came to Cairo in the year 1015, joined the missionary ranks, and was eventually killed or executed in 1019. The Druze manuscripts consider him an apostate and refer to members of the community as Unitarians (Muwwahhidun) or People of Unitarianism (Ahl AL-Tawhid). The Druzes are also known as Sons of Mercy or Sons of Beneficence (Banu Ma?ruf). In addition, the word Ma?ruf is derived from the Arabic words arafa (to know); thus, Druzes are often mentioned in their manuscripts as A?raf

For more info:
http://www.answers.com/topic/druze
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druze

no i didn't!

i didn't know .
thanks for the links .
they believe in one god , but not in Mohamed .
they aren't allowed to marry from a different belief .
very interesting .

Prince Arsalan used the "bani ma3RIF "in the receipt of Samir Qintar addressing mainly Junbalat
In the Golan heights which Israel captured by 1967 live Dru which are called Syrian Dru .they refused the Israeli ID and they feel intimate feelings towards Syrian motherhood although they are free for other wise
also Lebanese Dru in which you see two main characters also in Israel there are druz and again you see them "mostly" loyal to the country
the religion is not well known to us
so many things are different
some woman try to fight looking for more rights

one of my friends in school was Drucie Lebanese
he refused to ever talk of his religion or what they did or believed in
he said it was all secret