As a religion it began spreading in Cairo in the early 11th-century AD and moved to its current power base under the 19th-century Shihab family.  
Only an elite of initiates, known as uggal, can participate in all of their religious services.  In times of persecution, its practitioners are granted the right of taqiya, or ability to openly lie about their true faith.  This rule and many others come from the secret hikmah, their religious doctrine.  As a religion it began spreading in Cairo in the early 11th-century AD and moved to its current power base under the 19th-century Shihab family.  FTP, name this Middle Eastern religious sect that exists primarily in Lebanon.
Only an elite of initiates, known as uggal, can participate in all of their religious services.  
Druze or Duruz or Darazi