Alawites - Wikipedia
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, …
In Syria, a once-privileged Muslim sect is now targeted and afraid
Jan 6, 2025 · Alawites in Syria are facing a violent backlash, stoking fears of wider sectarian instability in a divided Syria after the fall of the Assad regime.
Alawite | Definition, Sect, Syria, & Assad Dynasty | Britannica
Jan 16, 2025 · An Alawite is 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 …
Alawites wary as a post-Assad Syria takes shape
Jan 23, 2025 · Alawite religious leader Sheikh Deeb Dayoub takes part in a community meeting in Qardaha, Syria, on Dec. 17, 2024, to discuss local issues after the fall of President Bashar …
How will Syria's Alawites, the Shia minority, be impacted by new …
Jan 3, 2025 · According to the report, the new Sunni rulers of the country are seeking to take down the former Assadites, and the Alawites - a Shia Muslim minority group, of which Assad …
Alawites formed Syria’s elite. Now they are terrified - The Economist
Jan 8, 2025 · During 14 years of civil war, Syria’s rulers drummed into the Alawites that they would face slaughter at the hands of jihadists like IS and al-Qaeda if the regime fell.
Alawites Under Threat in Syria? | The Washington Institute
Dec 31, 2024 · Alawites were not formally recognized as Muslims until 1932, when the Grand Mufti of Palestine, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, issued a fatwa seeking to undermine the foundations …
Alawites and the Fate of Syria - Origins
Syria’s Alawites are a part of the broader Alawite population who live between northern Lebanon and southern-central Turkey. While not doctrinally Shi'ite, Alawites hold Ali (d. 661), who is …
Syria's Alawite community: Once feared, now living in fear?
Dec 28, 2024 · Members of Syria's Alawite minority fear they will be punished or persecuted because of their community's long-standing connections to the Assad family, who ruled Syria …
Primer on the Alawites in Syria - Foreign Policy Research Institute
Dec 1, 2016 · Before the conflict, Alawites comprised approximately 7-13% of the Syrian pre-war population, compared to the about 70% Sunni Muslims that lived in Syria. Alawites are …