[maddy_56733]

Who was Amin Tarif of the Israeli Druze Community?

[rojoe_58]

To answer you,TARIF, AMIN (c. 1898?1993), Druze leader. Tarif was the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel and the president of its High Court. He was born in Julis, a Druze village in the Galilee, and became a shaikh in 1928 after his father's death. He became head of the Druze community after the*War of Independence, head of the Druze religious council in 1957, and head of the Druze court of appeals in 1963. He was an outstanding spiritual leader and a fine personal example for his community and Israeli society at large. He was awarded the Israel Prize in 1990 for his special contribution to national and social life.

[SHK]

According to Wikipedia, Tarif Amin was the wadi, or spiritual leader, of the Druze in Israel from 1928 till his death in 1993. Such was the esteem in which he was held among Druze internationally that Sheikh Amin was regarded by many within the community as the preeminent spiritual authority in the Druze world.
Here is the link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_Tarif

[Precious85]

Amin Tarif
The Sheik was born in Julis and was named the spiritual leader of his community in 1928, in what was then British-mandated Israel..

During the Sheik's long tenure as spiritual leader, Israeli Druse have in some ways become assimilated into Israel's national life and have become known for their loyalty to the state. At their leadership's insistence, they have been drafted into the Israeli armed forces since the 1950's and more than 200 Druse have died in Israel's wars. They have also taken seats in the Israeli Parliament.

The Israeli Druse community supported the recent accord between Israel and the P.L.O.

Over the years, the Sheik's communications with Druse in neighboring Arab countries were sometimes delicate and complex. In 1977, he reportedly asked the Druse members of the Israeli Parliament to raise the issue of Israel's shelling of southern Lebanon with the Israeli Government.

This was after Lebanese Druse had complained to him that the shelling had led to the closing of the Druse religious complex at Al Bayadah, in southern Lebanon, one of the most sacred Druse shrines in that country.