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| | Alawite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Alawite religion seems to be based on Gnosticism and Neo-Platonism. | | | After all, Alawites declare themselves to be Muslims in their catechism and believe that Muhammad is God's messenger. | | | Alawites believe that their rewards are not financial gain or property but true knowledge of the prophets of Allah. |
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| | The Alawites in Syria - 30-Days.net |
| | The Alawite faith is a secret religion even today. | | | Alawite doctrines have not been written down, but rather they are handed down as secrets by the religious leaders. | | | It is generally thought that the Alawites (formerly called Nusairians) trace their origins to the religious teacher Muhammad Ibn Nusair (died around 883). |
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http://www.30-days.net/ebook6/day06.htm
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| | Ummah.com - Alawites |
| | Alawites do not preach that Ali is god.. | | | The Alawites have 7 pillars in their religion. | | | The Alawites consider themselves to be moderate Shi'i Muslims. |
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| | Religious cults and sects, world religions, doctrines and practices - Alawites |
| | Their belief system has been a matter of speculation, rumor and suspicion from more orthodox Muslims of both the Shiite and Sunni sects almost from their beginnings in the ninth century, when the branch was founded by a man named Ibn Nusayr, who declared himself the gateway to truth. | | | Alawites, unlike Muslims and Christians, believe women do not have souls. | | | But researchers who have studied the group say they drink wine in some ceremonies, incorporate elements of Phoenician paganism, and hold that Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, is a divine. |
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| | Syria and the Alawites |
| | The Alawites adopted the Arabic language and the Isma’iliyah sect of Islam in the Middle Ages. | | | It is known that they believe in a holy trinity consisting of the prophet Muhammad, his son-in-law ‘Ali (hence the name Alawite), and a companion of the prophet, Salman Al-Farsi. | | | The group, more properly called the Nusaryis after the sect’s founder, Muhammad Al-Nusayr Al-Numayri, are members of an obscure post-Islamic religion with its roots in a ninth-century schism in the Shi’a tendency. |
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| | Talk:Alevi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For example, Alawites recognise Ali as the incarnation of the divine diety. | | | In Turkish language it is written as "Alevi", and has no connection with the Levites of Israel. | | | Turkey’s Alevis are descended from the Kizilbash, a Sufi-Shi`a offshoot with connections to early Safavid Iran, whereas, Alawites are Nusayris." |
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| | Syria: The Alawites |
| | For example, the name “Alawite” comes from their belief that Ali, the son-in-law of the Muslim prophet Muhammed, was an incarnation of the deity. | | | But those who are not faithful to Alawite teachings are reborn as animals. | | | Alawites believe if they live blameless lives they will be reborn as Christians! |
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| | 'Alawites in the Muslim World |
| | However, ‘Alawites go further and believe ‘Ali is a member of an appearance of a "Trinity" of Allah. | | | All agree on the ‘Alawite "fundamentals", but when the divine manifestation of God, ‘Ali ibn Abi/Abu Talib, left earth, the Sun and Moon sects disagree on whether he now lives in the sun or in the moon. | | | Secret teachings are a part of the ‘Alawite religion. |
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| | newswire: Death of Syrian minister leaves a sect adrift |
| | The Alawite region is one of Syria's most secular, reflecting the imprint of a Baath Party that saw tribe and religion as barriers to modernization. | | | For centuries, Alawites faced withering discrimination, in part over the suspicions generated by their secretive, loosely Shiite religious traditions. | | | And in that question of survival, villagers say, Alawites lost one of their last, most prominent defenders in Kanaan. |
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http://www.mentalmayhem.org/newswire/2005/11/death_of_syrian.html
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| | GPD for the PDA |
| | Despite their unorthodox beliefs, the Alawites are open to spiritual truth, perhaps including biblical truths. | | | Let us pray that their openness to spiritual matters will lead the Alawites to the foot of the cross where they can encounter Jesus, the only Lord and Savior of mankind. | | | In the past they had a form of moon worship, and they believe in reincarnation, a belief which goes against Islamic teaching. |
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http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/pda/daily/2005-1-21.html
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| | Syria's Minority Alawites Fear for Future |
| | Alawites are a secretive off-shoot of Shia Islam who revere Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad. | | | He worked hard to divert attention away from religious differences - even speaking about Alawites was taboo - and drove home a message of Syrian unity. | | | They are regarded as heretics by many Muslims, especially orthodox Sunnis, and have faced centuries of discrimination. |
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| | Imam11 |
| | “Hussein bin Muhammad Ash’ari and Muhammad bin Ali said: During his assembly one day the Alawites (i.e.) followers of Imam A’li) and their beliefs were mentioned. | | | Abi Talib, who said: ‘ I had not seen a man from the Alawites like Hassan bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Rida. | | | Once, the Imam’s servant visited my father and said : Abu Muhammad bin al-Rida is standing at the door. |
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http://www.imamhussain.net/Prophet0/Prophet/Ahlulbait/Imams/Imam11/body_imam11.html
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| | SyriaComment.com: Setting off on More Travels |
| | My wife things I shouldn't publish it because Alawite authorities will be upset, religion being such a touchy subject here and Alawite beliefs so different from Sunni beliefs. | | | This not-so-blissful ignorance and the deliberate and conscious avoidance of discussing these sects/religions and their beliefs has given way to mostly-erroneous, but widely-held notions about the beliefs of their followers. |
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http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/Joshua.M.Landis-1/syriablog/2005/04/setting-off-on-more-travels.htm
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| | Adherents.com |
| | Only the initiated know the beliefs of the sect which hinge on a trinity of Ali, Muhammad, and one of the Prophet's companions. | | | " 'Alawis: Alternate Names: 'Alawite; Location: Syria; Population: 1.4 million; Religion: Secret 'Alawi faith "; "There are about 1.4 million 'Alawis in the world today, most of them concentrated in the Latakia province on the western coast of Syria... | | | Mission to America: Five Islamic Sectarian Communities in North America; Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida (1993); pg. |
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| | By: David Rice Re: Another nation undr God ISTANBUL, Turkey (ITN) Sectarian differences ha |
| | The fighting that began Sunday centered on a shantytown inhabited by members of a secular Muslim sect, known as Alawites, who have grown increasingly uneasy over the rise of Islamic fundamentalists in Turkey. | | | Mayor Recep Erdogan's attempts to demolish Alawite mosques, used also as charity houses, caused a furor last year. | | | The Alawites, predominantly inhabiting Anatolia, the central Turkish plain, maintained some of the characteristics of shamanism, the original religion of Central Asian tribes. |
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| | ideofact: Alawites |
| | The name Aliwite derives from Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet, whom the Alawites believe was an incarnation of the divine. | | | Like the Druze, their holy books are only for the initiated; they read the Qur'an and follow Muslim rites, but some celebrate Christian holidays as well (Easter in particular). | | | I think they're a tenth century C.E. spinoff from the Ismaili Shi'ites. |
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| | Jihad Watch: Religious Surge Alarms Secular Syrians |
| | The Alawites, like the Druze, are not regarded as completely orthodox, and it does not take much to convince members of the Muslim Brotherood that Alawites are, even aside from being Shi'a, are not "real Muslims" because of their worship of Miriam (pictures of her can be seen on the outside of Alawite houses). | | | The Alawites know that they are not regarded as full Muslims. | | | The Alawites went to work, and in 1982 at Hama showed what they would, and could, do. |
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| | Syria |
| | The term al-Alevi (Alawites) is a pejorative given them by other Muslims, referring to their veneration of the Caliph 'Ali which verges on worship. | | | Among their beliefs are that human souls (which women do not possess) were cast out of heaven by God, who periodically manifests himself in the physical world to test mankind. | | | During this period Latakia became associated with the Nusayri (Alawite) movement. |
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| | ideofact: More Alawites |
| | Reader Eamon left a fascinating comment on this old post about the Alawites, who are either a heretical sect of Islam or their own religion entirely (I've taken the liberty of lower casing and correcting spelling where appropriate): | | | That's what I've heard, although I think it's fairer to say that a large percentage of the Ba'athist leadership in Syria come from Alawite roots. | | | Its belief in primitivism as the only salvation as the only salvation for man. Alawites come from Alexander the Great. |
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| | Syria's political changes threaten Alawites' power - Likoed Nederland |
| | Many of them are Alawites, now living in luxuriously appointed houses in and around Qordoha. | | | Hafez al-Assad won the respect of most Syrians by putting their small country firmly on the world map, especially through his intransigence in peace talks with Israel. | | | And though his support from the Alawite community and other Syrians appears strong, he still faces a challenge from a weak claim to the succession by his exiled Alawite uncle, Rifaat al-Assad. |
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| | netWMD - Fascists Rally in Beirut and Damascus |
| | The Alawites comprise about 12% of the entire Syrian population, according to the last official census taken seven years ago. | | | He was neither Muslim nor Christian, but rather belonged to a specifically Syrian fusion of medieval Islamic and Far Eastern belief, called the Alawite sect. | | | And the Muslims persecuted the Alawites horribly during the Dark Ages of Western civilization. |
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| | The mountains (from Syria) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | It is the ancient stronghold of the Nusayris, or 'Alawites, who form a sect of Shi'ite Islam. | | | The economic resources of the mountains are too meagre to meet the needs of the ever-growing population; as a result there is a migration to the Ghab Depression and coastal towns. |
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| | Former Lebanese PM killed MetaFilter |
| | The name Alaouite comes from its founder, Moulay Ali Cherif, who took power in 1631–2 in Sijilmassa." So rien à voir with Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, whom the Alawites are named after. | | | 2 - There's no reason to wonder why Syria is run by Alawites; Assad Sr. | | | Lebanon is indeed very very complicated; it's right up there with the Balkans and the Caucasus in that regard. |
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http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/39642
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| | Jihad Watch: Syria Supports Iran in Nuclear Standoff |
| | Alawites, of a Shi'a bent, and the manly fanatics of the Islamic Republic of Tehran, engaged in the old New England folk-practice of bundling. | | | The unfalsifiable nature of Islam (in other words never allowing criticism) along with written doctrine directing efforts to deceive non-Muslims raises absolute concern - along with the historical fact that Islam, over time, does not police itself - an outside authority has always been needed historically to keep Islam in check. | | | The Alawite leadership of Syria owes a debt of gratitude to the Shi'ite mullahs for certifying the Islamic bona fides of the Alawites; the cordial relationship stems from that, as well as, of course, a mutual hatred of Israel. |
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| | Syria2000 |
| | info@hrwf.net- The Alawite Muslims of Syria were once marginalized in religion, economics and politics. | | | It is believed to date to the 9th century. | | | Hafez Assad appealed to an influential Shiite cleric who ruled that Alawites are part of the Shiite community. |
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| | Alawites |
| | They are known as "Alawi" and have a very mysterious and have a questionable belief system. | | | I would like to find out more about Alawites, a sect of shiaa's. |
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| | PREVIEW: All About the Alawites |
| | The spirit of hatred and fanaticism imbedded in the hearts of the Arab Muslims against everything that is non-Muslim has been perpetually nurtured by the Islamic religion. | | | The Alawites refuse to be annexed to Muslim Syria because, in Syria, the official religion of the state is Islam, and according to Islam, the Alawites are considered infidels. | | | The author of this letter was Sulayman al-Assad, whose observations can't be far from the mind of his grandson, Syria's current president. |
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| | hybridmagazine.com :: indie counter-culture daily, no secret handshakes. |
| | Like Shi’ites, Alawites hold the Caliph Ali in high regard (hence the name), and have often claimed to be a branch of Shi’a Islam. | | | Only in February of 1982, after a bloody military battle which left an estimated 25,000 people dead, would Assad be able to quell disturbances among Syria’s Sunni fundamentalists. | | | The son of a farmer, Assad distinguished himself first as a student and later as a combat pilot and leader of the pan-Arabic Ba’ath Party. |
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| | Syria: Peoples. Languages. Religions |
| | The Alawites are considered Muslims, although their faith differs strongly from Sunni and Shi'i. | | | The Druze have a substantial community in Syria, a group usually not considered to be Muslims. | | | Muslims represent an estimated 86% of the Syrian population with a strong domination of Sunnis. |
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| | Term Paper on Syrian Religion |
| | It is not all Muslim; it actually has at least 3 different religions. | | | The best-known Alawite was Bashar al-Assad who was president of Syria after his father Hafez al-Assad, who was also an Alawite. | | | There are the Alawites, the Shi'i, and Sunnis to mention a couple. |
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| | SYRIA: That Iraq Feeling Comes |
| | A Sunni writer in Latakia, Munther al-Masri, says most of his friends are Alawites, because they are the ones who are the intellectuals and the artists, while "the Sunnis have retreated back to religion." | | | The Alawites are thought to make up just over 10 percent of the population, and follow a strain of Islam considered heretical by orthodox Sunnis. | | | But Al-Masri says the Alawites are hostages to the system that made it possible for them to leave their mountains. |
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| | Hafez al-Assad is Dead |
| | The fleeing Alawites cannot expect to be welcomed by the Lebanese who suffered under Assad. | | | Syria's Alawite dominated Army, with its Sunni foot soldiers, could face a strange coalition of Lebanese Muslims and Christians who want their country back. | | | Keep in mind that Assad ruled as a minority Alawite (member of a Muslim sect) representing 10% of the population. |
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| | USATODAY.com - Bashar Assad: A powerful leader or 'an empty vessel'? |
| | Indyk says, however, that it would be "foolish to predict the imminent demise" of the Syrian government. | | | Surrounded by holdovers from his father's 30-year rule and Alawites from Syria's ruling religious sect, Assad is "an empty vessel," says Danielle Pletka, a Middle East expert at the conservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington. | | | Martin Indyk, a former assistant secretary of State who met many times with Hafez Assad and spent three hours with Bashar Assad a year ago, calls him an "enigma" and an "ingénue" who appears to be not entirely in control of his own government. |
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| | brief history of Syria - world history |
| | Besides having a mostly Sunni Muslim population, Syria was (and is) home to Maronite and Melkite Christians, Ismailites, and Alawites (like Ismailites, a branch of Shia Islam). | | | In 1516, Syria--designating the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River--became part of the Ottoman Empire, whose hold was weak in the late-18th and early 19th centuries. | | | Al-Assad, who knew whom to trust, placed Alawites in all positions of command. |
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| | The Peace Encyclopedia: Syria |
| | The latter regard the Alawites as heretics to Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood, Ikhwan, instituted activities against Assad and his Baath Party. | | | Syria's militancy arises from the country's history, regime's ideology, and the ruling Alawite minority's need to prove its nationalist and Islamic credentials to a skeptical Sunni Muslim majority. | | | President Assad of Syria is an Alawite Muslim while the majority of the population is Sunni. |
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| | Rifaat al-Assad |
| | Together with his son, Shawmar, he has been quite successful, and it is believed that since then he has been active in organizing his supportes. | | | 1937: Born into a respected family of Alawites in Qardaha near Latakia. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Abu Nidal |
| | In his dotage, Khalil took one of these, a 16-year-old, as his second wife. | | | But the mercenary in him had no qualms about finding a new home in Ba'athist Syria, whose once "treacherous, Alawite, sectarian regime" now became the "citadel of Arabism" standing against the "fascist dictator" Saddam. | | | The inhabitants of this region, the impoverished, oppressed minority Alawites, hired out their daughters as domestic servants. |
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| | [Sectarian Article] The Alawites - Overview - LI Islamic Forum |
| | Alawis claim they are Muslims, but Sunnis do not always recognize them as such. | | | In July—Aug., 1973, about 42 army officers (all Sunni Muslims) were executed after allegedly plotting to assassinate al-Assad, who, they claimed, showed undue favoritism to his fellow Alawite Muslims in the army. | | | In early 1973 a new constitution was approved, and the Ba'ath party won 70% of the seats in elections for the people's council. |
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| | By: David Rice Re: A Robertson Wet Dream ISTANBUL, Turkey (ITN) Unidentified gunmen raided |
| | The attacks occurred in the Gaziosmanpasa district, a low-income neighborhood inhabited mostly by Alawites, members of a Muslim sect that supports Turkey's secular government. | | | Alawites are believed to comprise a third of Turkey's 60 million population. | | | Protesters clashed with police, who fired into the air to disperse the crowd. |
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| | Is a sectarian disaster on the horizon? - Reader comments at DanielPipes.org |
| | Although they hold themselves out to be Muslims, the Alawites are very distant from Sunni Islam and mainstream (Ithna Ashari) Shi'ism, and may better be regarded as a possibly crypto-Christian sect with Islamic and Iranian influences. | | | His son Hafiz al-Asad's seizure of dictatorial power and deflection of Sunni hatreds towards Israel, Jews and America would seem to be readily explainable phenomena. | | | Ibn Taymiyya, a principal inspiration for Wahhabis and other violent Sunni Islamists, described Alawites as infidels, worse than Jews and Christians and authorized jihad against them. |
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| | Syria and the Alawites |
| | From their traditional homeland in the mountains and coastal plain of northwestern Syria, the Alawites are the voices one hears in Damascus. | | | It also led to the eventual domination of the Syrian military and later the Syrian government by the Alawites. | | | It was this initiative that laid the groundwork for many Alawites to use the military as a stepping stone out of the poverty of northwestern Syria. |
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| | Turks.US Daily News - Alawites to ECHR |
| | Hasan Zengin, an Alawite living in Istanbul petitioned on 23 March 2001 to the Istanbul Education Directory, demanding that her daughter Eylem, be excluded from the compulsory Ethics and Religion classes at the primary school she attended. | | | In his petition, Zengin said that the curriculum of the course was based on the Sunni belief, but her daughter was Alawite and was entitled not to take this course. | | | The rejection of a pleading of an Alawite citizen to have his child excluded from the obligatory religioun classes, resulted in a petition given to the European Court of Human Rights. |
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| | Alawites To File A Lawsuit Against Prime Ministry |
| | We received a response that Alawites centers can not receive an official title of places of worship. | | | We have no option left but a legal battle,'' said Dogan. | | | In a press conference held at the Pera Palas Hotel in Istanbul, Dogan has stressed that the Alawites have tried to resolve problems by relying on values of love in Islam for the past 15 years but reached nowhere. |
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| | Bashar al-Assad |
| | Still it is a fact that Bashar must not destroy the basis for his power, which is his father's closest allies and the Alawite society. | | | Bashar has been quite effective in removing old officers from the ranks in the Syrian army. |
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| | A Criticism of the Idea of Arab Nationalism |
| | In Syria it was the Christians and then the Alawites who used Arab nationalism as a cover ideology to disguise their power-seeking that ended in tragedy for the Muslim majority. | | | The Arab nationalist argument concerning the minorities, often disguised by the positive-sounding phrase of 'national unity,' betrays much about the backgrounds, intentions, and inconsistencies of this idea. | | | In practice, these problems have actually been created and Arab nationalism has, in that sphere, proved itself a mere tool for achieving the hegemony of religious and political minorities. |
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| | ALAWITES News - All the news in Legal World |
| | ALAWITES News - All the news in Legal World | | | WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Will the defection of former Syrian Vice President Abdel-Halim Khaddam -- the highest-ranking member of the inner circle of power in Damascus to turn on the regime -- bring about the demise of President Bashar Assad? |
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