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I AM AN IGNORANT
The Real Story Behind The Druze
'I am an Ignorant' is a student documentary produced by a small student production company Snap Focus Production and the University of Westminster based its story about small Middle Eastern religion called Druze.
It tells the story about this minority's history, culture and the struggles people of this religion face. It explains the facts and truth about the Druze and exposes everything that comes with it.
'I am an Ignorant' will help you to understand this religion more and see the story in depth.
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THE FACTS
Druze
The Druze religious comes from the Middle East and has its roots in Ismailis founded in Egypt in the 10th century. The Druze live in several different countries divided the borders drawn after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire in the early 1920s.
The Druze consider their faith to be the inspiration of the three religious Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This religion is secret and closed to convert, and the person needs to be born in it to be Druze.
There two types of Druze, the wise (ʿuqqāl) the one who are religious and educated in it and the uninitiated alias "ignorant" (juhhāl) who are born in it but not studied the religion.
The Druze is not a well known religion around the world, and many Druze individuals feel the need to hide their identity to protect themselves from prosecution.
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SNAP FOCUS PRODUCTION
University of Westminster
Snap Focus Production is a small student production company based in London associated with the University of Westminster. It was created for the need for a production in order to produce student projects and has already produced a few university projects in the past.