Alawites (Syria): Difference between revisions

'''Syrian Alawites''' or '''Alawis''' (Arabic: {{ia|عَلَویون}}) or '''Nuṣayrīyya''' (Arabic: {{ia|نُصَیریّه}}) or '''Anṣārīyya''' (Arabic: {{ia|أنصاریة}}) is a Shiite sect in [[Syria]]. In some historical sources and books of sects and creeds, they are referred to as [[Ghalis]] (people who exaggerate about the [[Imams]]). The sect was formed in the 3rd/9th century. The Nusayriyya originally resided in the north of [[al-Sham]]. In different historical periods, the Syrian Alawites were constantly oppressed by the Sunni governments in al-Sham, because they were [[Shi'as]] as well as Ghalis. In addition to Syria, the Nusayriyya also live in southern [[Turkey]], northern [[Lebanon]], and in [[Palestine]]. They took over the power in the 14th/20th and 15th/21st centuries after centuries of oppression and miseries. [[Bashar al-Assad]], the Syrian president, is a member of the Alawites.