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The spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel.
 Born in Julis and the successor of his grandfather - Sheikh Amin
Tarif.

Serves as Chairman of the Druze Religious Council in the Ministry of
Justice, as Qadi of the Druze Court of Appeals and as its President since
2016.

Sheikh Tarif is a graduate of the Druze School of Theology, "al-
Bayada" in Lebanon, and a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Ono
Academic Center.

In 2010, Sheikh Tarif was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate by Haifa University. In 2018 he was chosen to light a torch to
mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel.