Noun
(Islam) A member of a mystical Shiite Islamic group that reveres Ali ibn Abi Talib.
Synonym: Nusayri
A person raised in the Alawite culture.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe Syrian Ba'ath Party claims to have 2.3 million members - but most of that consists of people who need membership to get a job or be promoted. Leaving aside a few thousand top cadre (mostly from the Alawite minority to which Assad belongs), the Ba'ath Party is no more than an empty shell. Amir Taheri
The Syrian war was started and fueled by three countries in the region, namely Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey. They acted for the sake of political and economic dominance and in favor of Sunni Islam against the Alawite influence in the government of Syria. Burhan Sonmez
Allouki last saw action when Syria’s civil war briefly spilled over into Tripoli between 2011-2014, and his Sunni fighters took on members of the city’s small Alawite community, coreligionists with President Assad. Source: Internet
Ba’athist Syria is no stranger to civil unrest, having experienced wave after wave of uprisings by Sunni religious fanatics embittered by their country being ruled by a secular state whose highest offices are occupied by Alawite ‘heretics’. Source: Internet
“He denounced Assad’s Alawite sect as “ than Christians and Jews” and Shiite Muslim Hezbollah as ‘the party of the devil’.” Source: Internet
But while many Alawite families are undoubtedly fleeing to the perceived safety of strongholds such as Latakia and Tartus, a mini-Alawite state would be as untenable as it was more than 70 years ago. Source: Internet