#syria's #Druze reject autonomous statelet despite growing #ISIS threats
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Sheikh Hikmat Hajari, a top Druze cleric, sits in his home in the southern city of #Sweida on January 23, 2013. (Photo: AFP-Anwar Amro) Sheikh Hikmat Hajari, a top Druze cleric, sits in his home in the southern city of Sweida on January 23, 2013. (Photo: AFP-Anwar Amro)
The Druze community is observing the new developments in the region with great unease. The declaration of an #Islamic_caliphate is enough of a reason for minorities to worry about their future. And as Israeli projects are promoted by Druze collaborators to achieve “the illusion of a Druze statelet,” the Druze in Syria and #Lebanon are committed to their nations and national armies, stressing that “We are not border guards for #Israel, but we are in the heart of (...)
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