Alawites, considered disbelievers by classical Sunni and Shi'ite theologians, faced periods of subjugation or persecution under various Muslim empires such as the Ottomans, Abbasids, Mamluks, and others. The establishment of the French Mandate of Syria in 1920 marked a turning point in Alawite history.

The Alawi Sultanate, [3] [a] officially known as the Sharifian Sultanate (Arabic: السلطنة الشريفة) and as the Sultanate of Morocco, was the state ruled by the 'Alawi dynasty over what is now Morocco, from their rise to power in the 1660s to the 1912 Treaty of …

Alawi (Arabic: علوي), also transliterated as Alevi, Alevi, Alavi, Alvi, Alawid, or Alawite (French: Alaouite), is an adjective denoting "of or related to Ali", the Prophet Muhammad's cousin. As a proper noun it is used by individuals, dynasties, places, and religious sects and organizations who identify as being either descendants or ...

2015年5月14日 · Syria’s descent into intercommunal conflict has resembled the Lebanese civil war and, more recently, the ethno-sectarian fragmentation of Iraq. The Alawi or “Nusayri” doctrine (named after its founder, Muhammad Ibn Nusayr) was born in Iraq in the eleventh century. Like all Shi‘a, Alawis revere ‘Ali.

6 天之前 · Alawite, any member of a minority esoteric sect of Islam living chiefly in Syria. The Assad family that ruled Syria from 1971 to 2024 are Alawites and made the community politically dominant there, although the state and its policies were largely secular under Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar al-Assad.

'Alawi (or 'Alawite) means "a follower of 'Ali," the Prophet Muhammad's cousin and son-in-law. The 'Alawis (and all Shia Muslims) believe that 'Ali was Muhammad's rightful heir to political and spiritual leadership of the Muslim community.

2012年5月17日 · After a coup in 1970, led by President Bashar al-Assad's father Hafez, Alawites consolidated power over Syria's main institutions and security apparatus. Hafez's identity as an Alawite helped him...

At the time, the Alawi community, the majority group in the Latakia region in northwest Syria, was the poorest and least educated social stratum in Syria. As a religious minority, they were dominated and discriminated against by Sunni Muslims, who …

2018年6月11日 · ALAWI. An offshoot of Isma ʿ ilism. Historically both the Druze and the Alawis are off-shoots of Isma ʿ ilism, which was an earlier split from the Shi ʿ ite Imamis.

The Alawites, also known as Alawis (ʿAlawīyyah Arabic: عَلَوِيَّةٌ) are an Arab ethnoreligious group who live primarily in the Levant particularly in the coastal regions or the areas near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Alawism is a sect which branched out …