stupid question

[tainted echoes]

ok this is an incredibly stupid question, but i'll go ahead and ask. in the muslim religion (islam, really) there is a branch called druidism. i know what druids, druidism, etc, blah blah is, and intrigued by it but what's the difference? if any, actually. i dont know what muslims believe it is or anything.

[Demeter]

Are you sure they're not talking about Druses? The Druses are a minority group in Lebanon; they follow a variant of Islam that includes, among other things, reincarnation. Some consider the Druse faith to be a Muslim heresy, and others consider it a separate religion. Some Druses have actually joined and fought in the Israeli Army.

"A member of a political and religious sect of Muslim origin, concentrated in Lebanon, with smaller groups in Syria and Israel. The sect broke away from Ismaili Shiite Islam in the 11th century over a disagreement about the succession to the imamate (leadership), a position in which spiritual and political leadership were and are indissolubly linked. The Druses followed the seventh caliph of the Fatimid dynasty, al-Hakim b'illah (996-1021), who is claimed to have disappeared and whose return is expected. They regard al-Hakim as a deity, and thus are considered heretics by the Muslim community at large." Oxford Paperback Encyclopedia.


I couldn't find anything to indicate a link between Islam and Druidry per se.

[tainted echoes]

well, in my project (for school) it was druidism but my teacher could be wrong :) thanks for clearing that up for me, i feel like such an idiot.

[Sagittarius]

No question that's asked is stupid. From this post I have learned something new so thank you :)