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The previous Candidate for President, Wiley Jawhary, of American Druze Society (ADS), Southern California Chapter appears to have sent a formal letter to the National ADS office requesting their immediate assistance to conduct a Re-Vote of the recent ADS election in the SoCal Chapter and investigate the local ADS Election …

Wondering why the Fatimid period was called the “Golden Age”?  There are many useful and memorable contributions our Fatimid Imams have made to Islam, and the whole world. Here are some facts about the Fatimids, you may not know, that will make every Muwahhid appreciative of their beginnings at the …

Pandemics have always troubled human civilizations throughout history. Many of these widespread diseases have had severe impacts on human society from causing death to large numbers of the global population, to contributing to an end of a civilization. During the reign of Justinian I, the emperor of the Byzantine Empire …

In the book, The Druzes, by Nejla M. Abu-Izzeddin, Nejla writes, “faith and good works are inseparable, born of the light cast in the believers’ hearts.” Included after is the following passage from a scriptural manuscript titled Al-Shari’a al-Ruhaniyya (the Spiritual Law), discovered in the middle of the twentieth century. …

Kamal Jumblatt, Pythagoras of Samos, Albert Einstein; these individuals each impacted society in different ways, but they all had one thing in common…their dinners! Many famous historical figures and celebrities have adopted plant-based diets, with millions worldwide following suit. If it’s breakfast sausage, chicken dinners, or even a classic Arab …

The soul was created in the beginning from a spark of God’s will and its existence is eternal– based on my understanding of the Druze faith. Our body is a vessel for our soul, and our souls cannot exist without our bodies. In order to experience God’s creation and transcend …

The first and most important principle of the Druze Faith is Truthfulness (“Sidq”, صدق). Honesty or truthfulness is given serious consideration in most religions. Honesty is such a revealing character trait, it is said: whoever can be trusted with a little can be trusted with much. Sidq… Dr. Ramy Fayad: …

A new year is upon us and we are granted an additional year of thriving and spirituality. Let us observe the endless bounty Allah is granting us every single day, with every sunrise, every heartbeat and every breath we take. Think of all the bumps you turned into mountains last …

I grew up believing that coupling faith with hard work is a divine way for a person to live their life. I also never forgot my father’s words: “An idle’s mind is the devil’s playground”. He spent his life working tirelessly, investing in his skills in a way that pleases …