This sect reveres a type of honesty called "guarding one's tongue." This sect rose to prominence in the Chouf mountains. The phrase "covenant of blood" refers to this faith's willingness to serve in an army led by another faith. A "universal mind" or aql figures into this sect, which reveres the tomb of Sabalan. Adherents believe in exoteric, esoteric, and "double hidden" meanings within their Epistles of Wisdom, which are accessible by its majority-female uqqal subgroup but forbidden to juhhal. This faith, which bans intermarriage and conversion, draws on Platonist and Ismaili Shi'a tradition and venerates the caliph al-Hakim. For 10 points, name this secretive monotheistic faith symbolized by a five-colored star, which has historically fought for Israel and against its homeland of Lebanon.
This sect reveres a type of honesty called "guarding one's tongue." This sect rose to prominence in the Chouf mountains. The phrase "covenant of blood" refers to this faith's willingness to serve in an army led by another faith. A "universal mind" or aql figures into this sect, which reveres the tomb of Sabalan. Adherents believe in exoteric, esoteric, and "double hidden" meanings within their Epistles of Wisdom, which are accessible by its majority-female uqqal subgroup but forbidden to juhhal. This faith, which bans intermarriage and conversion, draws on Platonist and Ismaili Shi'a tradition and venerates the caliph al-Hakim. For 10 points, name this secretive monotheistic faith symbolized by a five-colored star, which has historically fought for Israel and against its homeland of Lebanon.
This sect reveres a type of honesty called "guarding one's tongue.
Druze [or Muwahiddun; or Ahl-al-Tawhid; or Jabal; do not accept or prompt on "Muslim," "Ismaili," or "Shi'a"; be careful not to accept "Jews" and ask teams to spell if there is confusion about pronunciation]