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Originally posted by ahmadjee:
*I will really appreciate if you guys can actually relate your findings to something more concrete than '*I have heard such n such' Basically because I have heard a lot about a lot of things that doesn't necessary make 'em truth or fabrications.
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Originally posted by ahmadjee:
the other day someone sent me a forwarded message saying
selective practice????
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Originally posted by mAd_ScIeNtIsT:
**Like against the Druze, there was a movement in the 1960s to 1970s in Lebanon and Syria to proclaim the Alawites non-Muslims, based on their beliefs, which vary considerable from those of the five main fiqhs in Islam.
However, the head of the Ithna Ashari Shias in Lebanon in 1974 issued a fatwa in favour of the Alawites' claim to be Muslims, and the issue has more or less rested after that.
Alawites are particularly persecuted in Turkey, of all places, where the authorities attempt to force Alawites to be like Sunnis.
I used to work at a refugee charity and closely examined the asylum statements of many Alawites, payong particular attention to the part where you have to state your religious beliefs.
Most of them openly admitted that their beliefs merged Islamic and non-Islamic traditions. They view the drinking of alcohol to be permissible, do not believe in daily prayers, and do not believe in worshipping in mosques, preferring building which they called "prayer houses". Some, though not all, stated their belief to be in a trinity god, consisting of Allah, Mohammed (saws) and Ali (ra).
I can't remember much else at this time.
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How can one be persecuted in Turkey when turkis gov doesnt give a damn about Islam.