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...

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% to 40% of the population. KONDA's estimate was 5% in 2006. 4% of adult citizens identified as Alevi in a survey in...

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

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...

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

is populated by Sunni Kurds and Sunni Turks in addition to a very small Alevi and Armenian population. Kangal has a dry-summer continental climate (Köppen:...

remaining Muslim sects, forming about 10% of the Muslim population, consist of Alevis, Ja'faris (representing 10-15%) and Alawites (with an estimated population...

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

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

Empire had a wide variety of Islamic sects, including Druze, Ismailis, Alevis, and Alawites. Sufism, a diverse body of Islamic mysticism, found fertile...

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

a Kurdish majority. Moreover, it is the only province in Turkey with an Alevi majority. The province has eight municipalities, 366 villages and 1,087...

approach as the Alevi represented a part of the Turkish culture. The Diyanet responded denying any existence of an Alevi religion. The Alevi were much more...

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...

Karbala Mashhad Jerusalem Samarra Kadhimiya Qom Groups Ja'fari Usuli Akhbari Alevi Shaykhi Other related sects and groups Alawites Sufism and Alevism Qizilbash...

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

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

including the Hindu tantra sect Aghori, in the Sufi Bektashi Order and Alevi Jem ceremonies, in the Rarámuri religion, in the Japanese religion Shinto...

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...

about 85% of all Shia Muslims. Others include the Isma'ili, Zaydi, and Alevi. Shia Muslims form a majority of the population in four countries across...

inhabited by Sunnis, Christians, and Ismailis. They are often confused with the Alevis, a distinct religious sect in Turkey. Alawites identify as a separate ethnoreligious...

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

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