Entering into a marriage and the choice of a person’s spouse is one of the most influential decisions in a person’s life. The desire of the Druze people to marry someone within the faith is not just a preference—the religion prohibits exogamy. If a Druze marries a non-Druze, it will not be a Druze wedding, nor can the couple’s children be officially Druze—the religion can only be passed on through birth to two Druze parents. There are no conversions into the Druze faith. Occa...sionally, high-profile cases of Druze marrying outside the faith pop up—for example, the marriage of Amal Alamuddin, who is Druze, and the actor George Clooney who is not Druze. The central belief of the Druze faith: Humans are reincarnated lifetime after lifetime, is one of the biggest reasons why exogamy is prohibited—marrying a Druze means continuing the cycle. Marrying a non-Druze means turning your back on your family’s efforts to maintain the faith over many generations.
Pray:
Ask the Holy Spirit to help us in the season of praying and waiting to remember that He is the one who is doing the work in the Druze people.
Pray that God would continue to build up His army as He calls His people to pray for the Druze.
Pray that God would use people and marriages like Amal and George Clooney’s to create conversations about faith amongst the Druze people.
