from Tengrism. Differing from Sunni Islam and Usuli Twelver Shia Islam, Alevis have no binding religious dogmas, and teachings are passed on by a spiritual...

The History of the Shī‘ah Imāmate Alevī Ṭarīqah or The History of the Alevism is that of a community of Muslims of Anatolia and neighbouring regions....

The British Alevi Federation was established in November 2013 as a registered charity in England and Wales. The British Alevi Federation is an umbrella...

The Ottoman persecution of Alevis is best known in connection with the Ottoman sultan Selim I's reign (1512–1520) and his war against the Safavids in 1514...

socio-religious organizations among Kurds who adhere to Alevism. Kurdish Alevis consider their hereditary sacred lineages as semi-deific figures, often...

particular religious community which adherents of Alevism belong to. In Alevi tradition, each ocak is led by a dede, who is assumed to be descended from...

Pärnu Alevi Cemetery (Estonian: Pärnu Alevi kalmistu) is a cemetery in Pärnu, Estonia. The cemetery was established in 1773. Amandus Heinrich Adamson...

Nationalist Alevi Bektashi Cultural Associations (Turkish: Milliyetçi Alevi Bektaşi Kültür Dernekleri) is a Turkish ultranationalist union of various Alevi associations...

ethnic identity also spoke Zazaki as their mother language. Concerning Alevis, which were separately analysed, c. 70% spoke Zazaki, but Turkish (70%)...

estimates of share of Alevi are between 10% and 40% of the population. KONDA's estimate was 5% in 2006. 4% of adult citizens identified as Alevi in a survey in...

Muslims without a migrant background. Most of the Muslims are Sunnis and Alevis from Turkey, but there are a small number of Shi'ites, Ahmadiyyas and other...

Order. Tanzimat reformers refused to consider granting Alevis or Bektashis their own millet. Alevis and Bektashis continued to practice their religion without...

Dervishes". He is revered among Alevis for an Islamic understanding that is esoteric, rational and humanistic. Alevi and Bektashi Muslims believe the...

Look up Alavi, Alawite, or Alevi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alawi (Arabic: علوي), also transliterated as Alevi, Alevi, Alavi, Alvi, Alawid, or...

titles Preceded by Muhammad as Final prophet Twelver Imam Zaidi Imam Ismaili Imam Alevi Imam Alawite Imam 632–661 Succeeded by Hasan ibn Ali as Imam...

in the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, including that of the Alawite and Alevi. According to Twelver theology, the Twelve Imams are exemplary human individuals...

Revenge of the Flame (Turkish: İntikam Alevi) is a 1956 Turkish drama film directed by Osman F. Seden. The stars of the film are Ayhan Işık, Mualla Kaynak...

remaining Muslim sects, forming about 9% of the Muslim population, consist of Alevis, Ja'faris (representing 1%) and Alawites (with an estimated population of...

(Persian: زینت‌السادات علویه همایونی), also Alavīyah Humāyūnī, Zinatossadat Alevi Homayooni or Homayuni, (1917 - 2 July 2016) was a female religious scholar...

members believe that the fasting in Ramadan is obligatory although some Alevi Turks perform their fasting duties partially in Ramadan. Some beliefs of...

Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland. In addition to Sunni Turks, there are Alevi Turks whose local Islamic traditions have been based in Anatolia, as well...

Iranian influence in Shia, Alevi, and ethnic Kurdish communities in Turkey. The plot aimed to religiously motivate the Shias and Alevis to start an uprising...

school 3 Hanafi school 4 Ja'fari school (Usuli, Akhbari, Shaykhi) 5 Alawi Alevi Bektashi Qizilbash Ishiki 6 Nizari (Khoja Satpanth) Mustali (Dawoodi Bohra...

inhabited by Sunnis, Christians, and Ismailis. They are often confused with the Alevis, a distinct religious sect in Turkey. The Quran is only one of their holy...

Anatolia, the Balkans and among Ottoman-era Greek Muslim communities. The term Alevi–Bektashi is currently a widely and frequently used expression in the religious...

authority into a non-denominational institution that also integrated the Alevis, failed because of resistance from conservative Sunni clergy inside and...

consular senator at its head and a permanent staff. In 161, the curator alevi Tiberis et riparum et cloacarum urbis ('Curator of the Tiber Bed and Banks...

tactics, and 'benefits', into their own worldview". In the 1920s, Kurds and Alevis replaced Armenians as the perceived internal enemy of the Turkish state...

three. Twelver groups that do not follow the Jaʿfari jurisprudence include Alevis, Bektashi, and Qizilbash. The five pillars of Islam to the Jaʿfari jurisprudence...

school 3 Hanafi school 4 Ja'fari school (Usuli, Akhbari, Shaykhi) 5 Alawi Alevi Bektashi Qizilbash Ishiki 6 Nizari (Khoja Satpanth) Mustali (Dawoodi Bohra...