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Alawites
Alawites () are an ethnoreligious group, many of whom identify as Arabs, who live primarily in Syria and elsewhere in the Levant. They follow Alawism, an offshoot of Shia Islam as a ghulat branch during the ninth century. Alawites venerate Ali ibn Abi Talib, the "first Imam" in the Twelver school, as a manifestation of the divine essence. It is the only ghulat sect still in existence today. The group was founded during the ninth century by Ibn Nusayr, who was a disciple of the tenth Twelver Imam, Ali al-Hadi, and of the eleventh Twelver Imam, Hasan al-Askari. For this reason, Alawites are also
Islamist revolution in Syria
conflict, contestations and revolution movements, mainly linked to Muslim brotherhood
Islam in Syria
the religion of Islam in Syria
Munira al-Qubaysi
Islamic scholar (1933–2022)
Al-Qubaysiat
Al-Qubaysiat, or Al-Qubaisiat () in Syria, '''Al-Tabba'iyyat () in Jordan, and Al-Sahariyyat''' () in Lebanon, is an Islamic women's organization and religious movement established in the early 1960s, based in Damascus-Syria, founded by Sheikha Munira al-Qubaysi in Syria.