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The Circassians: Israel's 5,000-Person Muslim Minority
Israel's demographic map is famously intricate, but few communities are as unusual as the Circassians. They're Sunni Muslims who aren't Arab, Israeli citizens who arrived decades before the first Zionist congress, and speakers of a Northwest Caucasian language with 60 consonants and only 3 vowels. This episode explores how roughly 5,000 people in two Galilee villages have maintained a distinct identity for 150 years through a pre-Islamic honor code called Adyghe Khabze, compulsory military service they petitioned for, and a deliberate strategy of endogamy and cultural preservation. From their…
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