Editing Demographics of Lebanon (section)

====Druze====
The [[Druze in Lebanon|Druze]] constitute 5%<ref name="CIAWorldFactbook2021" /> of the population and are almost entirely concentrated in [[Aley District|Aley]] and [[Chouf District|Chouf]] in southern [[Mount Lebanon]], and in the [[Hasbaya District|Hasbaya]] and [[Rashaya District|Rashaya]] districts.<ref name="Lebanon: people and society"/> Even though the faith originally developed out of [[Isma'ilism|Isma'ili]] [[Shia Islam]], most [[Druze]] do not identify as [[Muslims]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Abu Izzeddin |first1=Najla M. |title=The Druzes A New Study of Their History, Faith, and Society |date=1993 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004097056 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BprjrZzee5EC}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Oxford Handbook of American Islam| first=Yvonne |last=Yazbeck Haddad|year=2014| isbn=9780199862634| page = 142|publisher=Oxford University Press|quote=While they appear parallel to those of normative Islam, in the Druze religion they are different in meaning and interpretation. The religion is considered distinct from the Ismaili as well as from other Muslims belief and practice... Most Druze consider themselves fully assimilated in American society and do not necessarily identify as Muslims..}}</ref> and do not accept the [[Five Pillars of Islam|five pillars of Islam]].<ref>{{cite book|title= The Political Role of Minority Groups in the Middle East|first=Ronald|last= De McLaurin|year= 1979| isbn= 9780030525964| page =114 |publisher=Michigan University Press|quote= Theologically, one would have to conclude that the Druze are not Muslims. They do not accept the five pillars of Islam. In place of these principles the Druze have instituted the seven precepts noted above..}}</ref>