Nusayri-Alawite community

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nusayri-Alawite_community

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Nusayris Alawite community
gptkbp:branch	Shia Islam
gptkbp:coreBelief	reincarnation esoteric interpretation of Islam
gptkbp:diaspora	gptkb:Europe gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:distinctFrom	gptkb:Sunni_Muslims mainstream Shia Muslims
gptkbp:doctrine	veneration of Ali syncretic secretive gnostic elements trinity concept (God, Ali, Salman al-Farisi)
gptkbp:festival	gptkb:Eid_al-Ghadir gptkb:Nawruz
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Ibn_Nusayr
gptkbp:historicalName	gptkb:Nusayris 9th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Nusayri-Alawite community
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Syrian_Ba'ath_Party gptkb:Syrian_military
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Lebanon gptkb:Syria gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:mainLanguage	gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:modernLocation	gptkb:Alawites
gptkbp:notableLeader	Bashar al-Assad Hafez al-Assad
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Hatay_Province gptkb:Homs_Governorate gptkb:Latakia_Governorate gptkb:Tartus_Governorate
gptkbp:notableTown	gptkb:Qardaha
gptkbp:percentageOfSyrianPopulation	about 10-15%
gptkbp:persecutedBy	gptkb:Ottoman_Empire various Sunni authorities
gptkbp:population	estimated 2-3 million
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Druze gptkb:Twelver_Shia gptkb:Ismailis
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Islam gptkb:Kitab_al-Majmu'
gptkbp:rituals	communal feasts celebration of Christian holidays secret initiation
gptkbp:significance	gptkb:Syrian_government
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Umm_al-Kitab
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6