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'Alawiyyah
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'Alawiyyah

 or Alawite or Nusayriyyah

Minority sect of Shi'ite Islam. The sect, which exists mainly in Syria, traces its roots to the teachings of Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Namiri (fl. 850) and was chiefly established by Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi (d. 957/958). Its basic doctrine includes a deification of 'Ali and an interpretation of the five Pillars of Islam as symbolic. Some of the group's religious practices are secret; it celebrates some Islamic and some Christian holidays.



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6-9, missiles were fired at the Alawite area of Ba'l Muhsin from the adjacent Sunni area of Bab el-Tebbane in the northern Lebanese city.
Summary: <p>Palestinian groups denied on Sunday their involvement in Tripoli's security incidents following a series of alternating grenade attacks targeting the Alawite Jabal Mohsen area and the Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood, while the city's lawmakers stressed that the incidents did not reflect domestic political disagreements.
See MER 24/6/2008) Tripoli is dominated by Lebanon's anti-Syrian Sunni-led majority coalition while the majority of Alawites have close ties to Syria, which is ruled by an Alawite and is allied to the opposition.
 
 
 
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