Mowafaq Tarif
Mowafaq Tarif
Shaykh Mowafaq Tarīf (Arabic: موفق طريف, Hebrew: מוואפק טריף) is the qadi (spiritual leader) of the Druze in Israel.[1][2]
Tarif was born in 1963 in the city of Julis. Since 1753, his family has been leading the Druze community in Mandatory Palestine and then Israel. In 1993, he inherited the position of spiritual leader upon the death of his grandfather, Sheikh Amin Tarif.[3][4]
In January 2004, Tarif signed a declaration calling on non-Jews living in Israel to observe the Noahide Laws. He was joined by the mayor of Shefa-'Amr.[5]
References[]
- ^ Druze Lead in IDF Enlistment, Arutz Sheva
- ^ Israel's Druze call for world to help their sect in Syria, Ynet News
- ^ http://forward.com/the-assimilator/tag/shaykh-mowafak-tarif/ Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Forward Magazine
- ^ Hundreds of Israeli Druze said anxious to join the fight against rebels in Syria, The Times of Israel
- ^ "Druze Religious Leader Commits to Noachide "Seven Laws"". 2004-01-18. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
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