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Why is secrecy necessary in the Druze religion?

 
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Since the Druze religion was seen as an abrogation of Islam, the concealment of the substance of the faith is a religious obligation, marriages outside the faith are forbidden, and initiation from lay status ( jahil, ignorant) to clerical ( aqil, knower) is restricted.

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