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...accessible nor is it comprehensible to the layperson. I would have to give up every aspect of my life to become a “sheikha” and be covered up from head to toe in dark clothes with a long white veil before any “sheikh?? would read and explain the Book of Wisdom to me. This is not an option for me or for any Druze woman today...
...suffers from an identity dilemma. Unlike Islam and Christianity, where you can go to religious schools or institutions to be taught the Koran or the Bible, Druze religious authorities have forbidden the circulation of the Book of Wisdom, and only a pious Druze (known as a “sheikh??) has the privilege of reading the holy book alongside “sheikhs” who understand it. This has led to widespread acceptance of the ignorance of the faith...
Field took the first shot and the Sheikh took the second, fatal shot. “A foreigner and sheikh killing a magnificent specimen together” is how Field sums up his experience. When Field asked for the boar as a specimen, however, the sheikh??s discomfort suggested a larger cultural divide between these...
...they have plans and money to expand in world religions, then that’s all the more reason to substitute that money for the Sheikh??s,” Levenson said...
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