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Syrian Druze community after 2011
Filipiová, Anna ; Jermanová, Tereza (advisor) ; Daniel, Jan (referee)
(in English): This dissertation examines the various ways in which the Syrian Druze community reacted to the popular uprisings and the subsequent civil war in Syria between the years 2011 and 2022, and what these reactions may reveal about the Druze attitute towards to current Syrian regime. Building on literature on sectarianism, idesntity formation, and the religion and history of Druze in Syria, this study also asks what motivated the Druze in their responses. Based on a review of existing literature, a research was conducted across various local and international media and news outlets monitoring the situation in Syria and the Druze behavior in 2011 until 2022. An analysis of the findings reveals that the Druze responded in different ways according to their socio-economic status, pre- existing political alliances, and their cultural and religious principle of collective solidarity - assabiya. Moreover, the research observed Druze participation in and formation of militiary campaigns, both fighting alongside the reme and alongside the opposition. I ultimately argue, that the majority of Druzes' responses was motivated by their deep-seated necessity to protect and preserve the community.
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