Druze you believe in reincarnation?
One god and reincarnation.
The Druze are an ethno-religious group primarily found in Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan, with smaller expatriate communities in other parts of the world. I had the pleasure of working with a Druze man[1] when living in Sydney.[2]
They consider themselves a distinct and separate religious community from the mainstream Abrahamic religions.[3] Notably, the faith is closed, accepting no converts and performing no proselytisation. It also requires both the father and mother to be of faith. They also believe in reincarnation.[4]
The religion is quite secretive in addition to its exclusivity, with only a small proportion of the group undergoing a lengthy process of candidacy to gain access to the teachings and access holy books of the faith.[5]
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According to the census there were only 4,268 in Australia in 2021; https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/Census article - Religious affiliation in Australia.xlsx. ↩︎
In that they also believe in various prophets and the monotheistic God. ↩︎
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https://web.archive.org/web/20090114032929/http://www.druzestudies.org/Druzes.html ↩︎
