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Druze women can attain positions of religious significance, and some have indeed achieved high rank. Regarding personal status, their rights are almost identical to those of men; actually, Druze women are preferred over men in joining the uqqal, because they are considered to be better "spiritually prepared". Consequently, there are more women than men among the uqqal. Female uqqal take part in the religious assemblies in the hilwah (prayer house), but sit separately from the men.
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There is no connection between the Arab identity of the Druze and their military service. The Arab states and their armies are not made of a single piece. The reality is that, unfortunately, Arabs have fought and continue to fight with other Arabs, and sometimes there are bloody conflicts between Muslims within states and between states. However, this has no connection to the Druze in Israel. As much as it is painful to say, there is no reason to point to the Druze as an exception and as a scapegoat in this matter.
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Theoretically the Druze have been full citizens since the establishment of the state... in practice the situation is somewhat different. They were under the Military Administration until 1962 and maintain they were discriminated against with regard to welfare services, development assistance, and appointment to senior official positions. Economically the Druze population is among the least affluent in Israel and the number of youngsters receiving higher education is relatively low, consequently, even in the private sector, few Druze have reached the top professional levels."
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IRAC is currently fighting discriminatory state practices against the Druze. In 2005 IRAC began its cooperative work with an alliance of 13 Druze municipalities in northern Israel, and decided to work against discriminatory levels of state allocations to the Druze.
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Far from being content to watch the Druze economy decline and to station troops where they could easily quell social discontent in the Jabal, Shishakli sought to bring every facet of Druze life into conformity with state law and central authority. It was only the year before Shishakli took power that Damascus papers had the occasion to trumpet "the introduction of normal Syrian legal processes into the Jabal as a long step forward."
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