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Druze versus Shia comparison chart
 | Druze | Shia |
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| Place of worship | Mosque, Druze Prayer House. |
Mosque, Imambarah or Ashurkhana, Eidgah |
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| Belief of God | One God |
One God |
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| Founder | Nashtakin ad-Darazi |
The Prophet Muhammad and Ali, his son in law. |
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| Scriptures | The Quran, and the Epistles of Wisdom. |
The Quran |
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| Population | Approximately 2 million |
200 million |
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| Life after death | Reincarnation. |
Eternity in Heaven or Hell. |
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| Day of worship | Thursday. |
Friday. |
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| Angels | Affirmed |
Angels obey God's commandments. They have limited free will, though no drive to sin. |
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| Ressurection of Jesus | Denied. They believe that Jesus was taken down from the cross, alive. |
Denied, as is His Crucifixion and Death. |
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| Identity of Jesus | A prophet |
Prophet. |
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| Branches | none |
Ismaili, Druze, Seveners, Twelvers |
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| Status of Muhammad | He is a prophet. |
The seal of the prophets. |
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| Authority of Pope | N/A. |
N/A. |
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| View of God | Monotheism |
One God. |
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| Names of God | Allah |
Allah. |
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| Geographic Presence | Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Israel, and Syria. |
Majority in Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Lebanon. Minority spread across the world. |
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| Adherents called | Druzes |
Shiites, Shia, Shii, Ehl-e-Tash'e |
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| Origin | In the Middle East |
From teachings of Prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. |
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| Special Day of worship | Thursday |
Friday |
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