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Alawites [b] are an Arab ethnoreligious group [17] who live primarily in the Levant region in West Asia and follow Alawism. [18] A sect of Islam that splintered from early Shia as a ghulat branch during the ninth century, [19] [20] [21] Alawites venerate Ali ibn Abi Talib, the "first Imam" in the Twelver school, as a manifestation of the divine essence.
[268] [269] [270] Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated in an interview after the fall of the Assad regime that Turkey cooperated with HTS during his time as the head of the Turkish intelligence agency MIT and that HTS provided Turkey with information on many members of ISIS and Al Qaeda, including high-ranking officials. [271] [272]
On the other hand, Al-Assad "declared the Alawites to be nothing but Twelver Shiites". [122] In a paper, "Islamic Education in Syria", Landis wrote that "no mention" is made in Syrian textbooks (controlled by the Al-Assad regime) of Alawites, Druze, Ismailis or Shia Islam; Islam was presented as a monolithic religion. [123]
In the final days leading to his ouster, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad complained to Iran's foreign minister that Turkey was actively supporting Sunni rebels in their offensive to topple him ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Druze Al-Muwaḥḥidūn الموحدون Druze star and Druze flag Total population ≈800,000 –2,000,000 Founder Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad Regions with significant populations Syria 600,000 Lebanon 250,000 [8] Israel and the Golan Heights 143,000 [9] Venezuela 60,000 [10] [11] United States ...
Islam is the most practiced religion in Turkey. Most Turkish Sunni Muslims belong to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. The established presence of Islam in the region that now constitutes modern Turkey dates back to the later half of the 11th century, when the Seljuks started expanding into eastern Anatolia. [2]
Pan-Islamic Sunni Muslims such as Maududi and the Muslim Brotherhood, embraced the creation of a new caliphate, at least as a long-term project. [45] Shia leader Ruhollah Khomeini [ Note 1 ] also embraced a united Islamic supra-state [ Note 2 ] but saw it led by a (Shia) religious scholar of fiqh (a faqih ).
President for 24 years, Assad flew out of Damascus for an unknown destination early on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters. Rebels declared the city "free of the tyrant Bashar al-Assad".