Syrian al-Qaeda branch accused of massacring minority Druze

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The Druze  community  met to mourn the death of  the members  of  thier community in the Qalb Lawzeh Massacre
The Druze community met to mourn the death of the members of thier community in the Qalb Lawzeh Massacre

Militants linked to al-Qaeda have shot dead at least 20 members of Syria’s minority Druze community during a standoff at a village in a northwestern province, according to monitoring and opposition groups.

The incident, which the groups said happened Wednesday, highlights the threat to Syria’s many religious minorities from the extremist factions such as al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate, known as Jabhat al-Nusra, that are seizing significant territory from President Bashar al-Assad.

Meanwhile, a coalition of more moderate rebel groups known as the Southern Front launched a major assault Thursday on a military airfield in the south. The attack on the Thaala air base comes two days after the coalition overran a nearby army base defended by forces loyal to the Assad government, which has lost significant territory recently to the Southern Front as well as to extremists like Jabhat al-Nusra in the northwest and the Islamic State in the east.

A spokesman claimed that Southern Front fighters had taken control of the air base, located in the southern Sweida province. “We have liberated the Thaala military airport in Sweida,” said Issam al-Reis. He noted that government aircraft used the facility for especially devastating barrel-bomb attacks on civilian areas.

Syrian state television denied that Thaala had fallen.

Also Thursday, there were unconfirmed reports that rebels downed a regime warplane in southern Syria. Photographs posted on Twitter show what appears to be a Russian-made jet fighter on fire as it falls from the sky, although the authenticity of the images could not be verified. The Southern Front claimed on Twitter that it had shot down the plane over the eastern Daraa province, near Sweida and the Jordan border.

The Syrian military said one of its aircraft had crashed in the area.

The Sweida province, which borders U.S. ally Jordan, is home to a large community of Syria’s Druze, who have sided with the Assad regime during the four-year-old civil war and are increasingly alarmed by the recent rebel advances. Extremist Sunnis linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State have threatened Sweida and view the Druze, a 10th-Century offshoot of Shiite Islam who also live in Lebanon and Israel, as apostates.

In the Druze village of Qalb Lawzeh in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, Jabhat al-Nusra militants gunned down “dozens” of residents on Wednesday, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The al-Qaeda wing, also known as Nusra, seized the village last year.

The Britain-based Observatory, which relies on activists in Syria to monitor the civil war, said the killings happened after a Nusra fighter of Tunisian origin tried to confiscate the home of a village resident. Dozens of residents protested the move, prompting the Nusra militants to open fire. Among those killed was a teenage boy, the Observatory’s head, Rami Abdulrahman, a pseudonym, said by telephone.

The Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, an opposition group, put the number of those killed by Nusra in the “dozens.”

Mohammad al-Omar, an anti-government activist in Idlib, said some residents blamed the incident on anger at attempts by Nusra to impose a religious tax on groups that are not considered to be Muslim. Anger has grown over such attempts, he said, describing the tax as “a way for Nusra to raise money.”

With backing from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, a coalition of largely Islamist rebels that includes Nusra has seized control over nearly all of Idlib.

Identity of the Druze that were massacred by Nusra

The actual number of Druze people that were massacred exceeds 40 according to reliable sources in Qalb Lawzeh . The sources identified 27 of the massacred people

Sheikh Nadim Shaheen, Sheikh Rashid Saad , Milad Rizk, Fakhro al Shibli, Ahmed Fakhro al Shibli , Faraj Fakhro al-Shibli, Menem Fakhro Shibli , Son of Ahmed Fakhro al Shibli, Faker al Shibli, Ahmed Hussein Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed Hussein, Anwar al-Shibli, Naif Al-Shibli, Milad Enaam Rizk, Mohammed Sharif Mohammed, Ayman Mohammed Sharif Mohammed, Memon Mohammed Sharif Mohammed , Manhal Hussein Mohamed, Ahmed Hussein Mohamed , Mulhem Faiz Shaheen, Badro al Shibli, Khairo Badro al Shibli, Haider Farid al-Shibli,Moeyyed alShibli, Mohammed Aagafla , Rashid Saad Ajaweed.
Several Lebanese leaders including Lebanese forces leader Samir Geagea and PSP leader Walid Jumblatt condemned the Qalb Lawzeh Massacre

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126 responses to “Syrian al-Qaeda branch accused of massacring minority Druze”

  1. Free Lebanese Avatar
    Free Lebanese

    Syrian al qaeda branch, is the secret services of the assad regime…they are taking revenge of druze because they didn’t get dragued to his dirty war…… But when criminals shakes a Druze hive,then get prepared for the worst reply !!!!!!

    1. Free Lebanese Avatar
      Free Lebanese

      The druze who got killed are shabiha of the syrian regime….so bye bye traitors!!!! Any traitor of any religion should have the same fate……

      https://youtu.be/7_QIC0F-bIY

      1. I agree. Anyone who sided with Assad should be shown no mercy

        1. Free lebanese Avatar
          Free lebanese

          This is justice…….God sees everything!!!

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Including the crapulous language you use …

          2. Honey shite is what you love. Now get back to rimming shite holes

          3. Funny how crapulous language doesn’t bother you When it’s from a shite taqqiya whore. You hypocritical old drunk. Just die already and join your beloved whore of a dead wife

          4. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Scrupulous 1000 posts

          5. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            Do you know what defines you? One wOrd: waate

          6. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            So where is justice when O swears at God? Shame on you.

          7. Free Lebanese Avatar
            Free Lebanese

            Im not here to defend any religion or to defend God…God doesn’t need me to defend him, Im here to debate my point of view…And for sure I don’t approve any swearing toward the creator, but some people have no respect to their human brothers, so u think they care about insulting God!!!!

          8. Lol so bashar is God? Is he your God too? If he is then ayre b rabak

          9. Bashar al-Wahash Avatar
            Bashar al-Wahash

            That’s too kind of you. Can you better that? Please don’t disappoint me and my ardent followers hanishitball, aunty historical Farq, coffee puffing Qom tranny, and others. For shit sake, I am their god, Bashar al-Wahash al-Kalb.

    2. wargame1 Avatar
      wargame1

      I tend to agree with you about this matter as for the last few days I have seen Druze scholar refused to send their boys fighting for Assad regime. Now this attack may create pressure on the druze community to send some cannon fodder for Assad.

      1. Anti ISIS Avatar
        Anti ISIS

        I think it was Omar who was the master of Sodomy. And Aisha gave the best b jobs.

        1. Oh your mother changed her name. And your dad too. Ayre b rabak

          1. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            And Ayre be imik ya bint el shamouta.

          2. No need to be “historical “. Calm down pussy

          3. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            Lol. Is that all you got. Wow, intelligence at it’s best. Like how old are you, 6

          4. Sweetie like old men like you don’t say like. Lol like are you a teenage girl? Like

          5. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            We like Hind. See? We can use it.

          6. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            No you confused the little teenager. Are happy with yourself 5th. Lol.

          7. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Oh … my bad. ;-/

          8. Like Sweetie lame

          9. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            O’ mum ‘historical’ favorite

          10. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            Too bad you resort to insults and bad language… But can we at least leave God out of the sewer you call your mouth? I cannot believe you use such language against God.
            Obviously I am not a da3ishi pig to chop off your head but I am watching closely how you will sleep and wake up in the abyss.

      2. Anti ISIS Avatar
        Anti ISIS

        Just a question idiot, where did you read this. And if you going to quote one of your bull shit hadiths, then don’t bother.

        1. Are you still “historical”?
          Lmfao

          1. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            That’s all you ass holes are good at doing. When exposed you turn to insults. Come on smart ass, I challenge any one of you dogs to prove what waridiot spewed.

          2. Lol you are “historical “

          3. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            Point proven.

          4. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Sorry Anti … seems I taught her a new word … now she’s rolling it around on her tongue …

          5. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            5th, I’m sure there is a lot they can learn from you. Perhaps you can start with teaching them respect. It makes one wonder the environment they grew up in. Most of the time children are a reflection of their parents. Could you imagine their parents. :-)))

          6. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            (gag ….)

          7. lol gag on genetically modified labradoodle obviously. I guess you will sleep with the devil if it gives you attention

          8. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Only nice devils …… and they must be devilishly nice.

          9. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Crapulous was mine (it comes from French crapule)…
            Go play in the traffic..zzzzzz… etzetera…

          10. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            rolling crap around on your tongue sweetie??? LOL!!! Inventing again….☻ Puff Puff

          11. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            EXcuuuusseeezzzzz Moi. But I am sure I used it in years past at least once … ;-))))

          12. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            This time you are right…. you have, several times.

          13. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            So nice to know I’m worth recording.

          14. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            you aren’t , but sometimes you are correct… it’s worth noting.

          15. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            ohhh ok..crapuleux then

          16. Free Lebanese Avatar
            Free Lebanese

            We have nothing to prove to loosers, liars, corrupt, killers, thugs, assasins, criminals, shit like you and ure supporters…….U and ure shit have to prove that hizb elshaytan is not killing innocent people in syria, that they didnt used car bombs to kill lebanese, that they belive in God while they kill and rape in the name of God……..

          17. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Pretexts… not one question has bee answered by a Zero in human memory.

          18. Wow more crapulous language from the shite whore but, of course, not a word about its “crap”ulous braying from that two faced hypocritical drunkard.

        2. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Anti … I think it was in small text at the bottom of Hadith #45783 – Pg 860 – …. just before the last two words there … ‘Use Condoms’.

          1. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            Lol

      3. Free Lebanese Avatar
        Free Lebanese

        They are trying to drag druze in the trap(dirty war…) but druze don’t kill by principles, they defend eachother only when under attack, and they win…..

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          And if you marry their girls, they cut your balls off to make sure there are no future ‘Mixed-sect-Druzlets’.

          1. Free Lebanese Avatar
            Free Lebanese

            So becareful and never mess with druze ya 5th…….you know the end….

          2. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Yes … ‘Love’ has it’s boundaries. :-)))

          3. Honey of you pay for it it’s not love

          4. Plz marry, or at least try, their girls.

          5. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            No they kept the balls of that poor dude… They severed the schlong 😉

          6. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Well, THAT’s particularly nasty. Geldings could still have fun moments for the woman, after all. I guess it proves that NONE of the variations of that crowd appreciate a Lady – even if she’s family. ;-))

          7. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            You have to come to YaLibnan to read such stupid posts..

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwuh1dJsHfg

          8. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            C’est bon … The rest of the stuff is depressing … :-))

          9. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Did you notice the Franglais?..Cigar store..

          10. You want a Monica lewensky?

          11. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Lonely?

          12. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            No, but you are sweetie… activisting after midnight on a Friday…lol!!!!!☻

            Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie, Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie???

          13. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            oooohhh sweetie, ‘franglais’…. are you trying semi-official languages now??? Giving up on your invented type that invent words such as ‘cigare’ ??? LOL!!!!! Maybe puff on some coffee for a while…. hoover loves you, nobody else does.

          14. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Il n’ya pas en des Fumier la,?? Rein d’Essence aussi.

          15. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            That’s old series of balcony gossiping ladies in the Est jargon:)
            In France they can’t understand
            Fumier is bad, speak English i don’t know what you mean..

          16. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            Wow sweetie… Don’t you remember what you posted on AJ?

            Let me remind you…

            Here is a copy: http://www.ipchicken.com/

          17. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Go for a Galois ….
            So no Tabac ou Gaz.

          18. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Fumer du tabac..ok, what’s the Gaz doing here.

          19. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            puff puff puff sweetie….LOL!!!!!☻

          20. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            In France you find no Gas or Gaz.

          21. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            She was in France!! Québécois is fairly new it was French Canadians..they wrote the Canadian National anthem, on Hockey nights it’s sung in both languages, but in the West they booh the French version, how idiot is that?
            There’s the old tradition “Les Maudits Français”, it dates from when Louis XIIII and Voltaire abandoned La Nouvelle France (that extended to la Nouvelle Orléans).. to the English, that funny accent dates from then, old French.

          22. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            oh sweetie… you have no idea do you… If you plan to take the citizen test, you’ll really have to study harder…. or just go back to wherever you came from… LOL!!!

          23. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Mais oui …. and few added particulars of Indians, Hudson-Bay trading posts with English guys, and the genial slang-words encountered when paddling canoes through clouds of mosquitoes, deer flies, and black flies. New World, new language, and the worst accents are in New Brunswick. :-))))

          24. You are obsessed with schlongs. Just come out of the closet already. Cook2long can take you with him and his “daddy” to gay pride.

      4. The Bab Avatar

        You’re right!! Here is some information about Alawites and their beliefs, customs, doctrines, sub-sects, including the sodomy being allowed and practiced part.

        Secrecy.
        While maintaining their beliefs they pretended to adhere to the dominant religion present, in the spirit of the Shi’i principle of taqiyyah (dissimulation of religion). Mainstream Muslims, Sunni and Shi’i alike, traditionally disregarded Alawi efforts at dissimulation; they viewed Alawis as beyond the pale of Islam – as non-Muslims. Hamza ibn Ali, who saw the religion’s appeal as lying in perversity, said that “The first thing that promotes the wicked Alawi is the fact that all things normally prohibited to humans – murder, stealing, lying, calumny, fornication, pederasty – is permitted to he or she who accepts [Alawi doctrines].” The theologian al-Ash’ari (874 – 936 CE) held that Alawism encourages male sodomy and incestuous marriages and the founder of the Druze religious doctrine, Hamza ibn Ali (d. 1021), wrote that Alawis consider “the male member entering the female nature to be the emblem of their spiritual doctrine.” Accordingly, Alawi men freely share their wives with co-religionists. These and other accusations survived undiminished through the centuries and even circulated among Europeans. A British traveller of the early 1840s wrote that “the institution of marriage is unknown. When a young man grows up he buys his wife.” Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058 – 1111), the Thomas Aquinas of Islam, wrote that the Alawis “apostatise in matters of blood, money, marriage, and butchering, so it is a duty to kill them.”

        Alawis do not accept converts or openly publish their texts, which are passed down from scholar to scholar. The vast majority of Alawis (the “Ammah”) know little about the contents of their sacred texts or theology, which are guarded by a small class of male initiates (the “Khassah”, c.f. the term “Khassid”, a kind of Orthodox but ecstatic Jew). For Initiation, a person must be at least 15 and an Alawaite.

        Religious secrecy is strictly maintained, on pain of death and being incarnated into a vile animal. Thus, the most renowned apostate from Alawism, Sulayman al-Adhani, was assassinated for divulging the sect’s mysteries in his Kitab al-Majmu. Even more impressive, at a time of sectarian tension in the mid-1960s, the suggestion that the Alawi officers who ran the country publish the secret books of their religion caused an Alawite leader, Salah Jadid, to respond with horror, saying that were this done, the religious leaders “would crush us.”

        A British traveler observed in 1697 that the Alawis are “of a strange and singular character. For ’tis their principle to adhere to no certain religion; but chameleon-like, they put on the colour of religion, whatever it be, which is reflected upon them from the persons with whom they happen to converse … No body was ever able to discover what shape or standard their consciences are really of. All that is certain concerning them is, that they make much and good wine, and are great drinkers.” A hundred and fifty years later, Benjamin Disraeli described the Alawis in a conversation in the novel Tancred:

        “Are they Moslemin?”
        “It is very easy to say what they are not, and that is about the extent of any knowledge we have of them; they are not Moslemin, they are not Christian, they are not Druzes, and they are not Jews, and certainly they are not Guebres [Zoroastrians].”

        Sulayman al-Adhani explained this flexibility from within: “They take on the outward practices of all sects. If they meet [Sunni] Muslims, they swear to them and say, ‘We are like you, we fast and we pray.’ But they fast improperly. If they enter a mosque with Muslims, they do not recite any of the prayers; instead, they lower and raise their bodies like the Muslims, while cursing Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, and other [major figures of the Sunni tradition].”

        Taqiya permitted Alawis to blow with the wind. When France ruled, they portrayed themselves as lost Christians. When Pan-Arabism was in favour, they became fervent Arabs. Over 10,000 Alawis living in Damascus pretended to be Sunnis in the years before Assad came to power, only revealing their true identities when this became politically useful. Since about the French mandate over Syria (1920 – 46), the term Nusayri seems to have been dropped in favour of the more common Alawi, and a doctrinal, if not political, rapprochement has been in the works with the majority of Shi’ah. During Assad’s presidency, concerted efforts were made to portray the Alawis as Twelver Shi’iah.

        1. I’ve missed you sensei

        2. wargame1 Avatar
          wargame1

          Thank you for all the information of these Alawite perverts

      5. The Bab Avatar

        Known collectively as the Alawiyyah (“the Followers of Ali”), the Alawis are also known as Nusayris, Nusayriyya, Ansayriyyah, etc. They are Arab Shi’ah who live in Syria, Turkey (mostly in the region of Iskandariyya / Iskenderun) and Lebanon. They are not to be confused with Alevis (“the People of Fire,” implying fire-worship, from Alev, “fire”, this is actually a misnomer, for the Alevis are a Sufi cult of Turkey, and not Alawis).

        Alawism is often referred to as Nusayrism, and other Muslims of Syria often refer to Alawis as Nusayris. “Alawi” is the term that Alawis usually apply to themselves; but until 1920 they were known to the outside world as Nusayris or Ansaris. The change in name – imposed by the French upon their seizure of control in Syria – has significance. Whereas “Nusayri” emphasises the group’s differences from Islam, “Alawi” suggests an adherent of Ali (the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad) and accentuates the religion’s similarities to Shi’i Islam. Consequently, opponents of the Assad regime habitually use the term Nusayri, supporters of the regime use the term Alawi.

        Some would say that the Alawis and Nusayris are not identical, that among the Alawis, there is a sect who followed Abu Shu’ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Numayri and viewed him as a “Bab” and that they are the Nusayris.

        Alawite Sects:

        The Alawis themselves are divided into five sects:

        – The Sun Sect (Shamsiyya)
        – The Moon Sect (Qamariyya)
        – The Murshidis, named after their Messiah, Sulayman al-Murshid / Salman al-Murshad
        – The Haidariyya
        – The Ghaibiyya

        These sects all agree on the Alawite “fundamentals”, but when their divine manifestation of God, Ali ibn Abu Talib, left earth, the Sun and Moon sects disagree on whether he now lives in the sun or in the moon. The Moon sect is made up of six tribes of Alawis. The majority of Alawis belong to the sect of their religion that their parents and tribe belonged to.

        Doctrines:
        The Nusayris have been classed as a Ghulat (“extremist”) Shi’i sect. Nusayris are named after their purported founder, Abu Shu’ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr al-Abdi al-Bakri al-Namri (d. 868 CE), the pupil of the eleventh Shi’i Imam, Hasan al-Askari (d. 874 CE). The main distinction between the Twelver Shi’ah and the Alawis is that the Alawis believe in “Babiyyat” as an extension of Imamat. The “Bab” is a person believed to be a “door” / “gate” for Imam Mahdi / the Imam of the age. The Shi’ah believe that this special deputyship ended with the fourth Imam.

        Despite mutual animosity, the Alawis are much like the Druzes. Historically both the Druze and the Alawis are off-shoots of Ismailism, which was an earlier split from the Shi’i Imamis (Twelver Shi’ah, the sect that predominates in Iran). The Ismailis broke with the Shi’i Imamis over the issue of the succession to the sixth Imam Ismail (d. 760 CE). In about 857 CE, Ibn Nusayr declared himself the Bab of the eleventh Imam. On the basis of this authority, Ibn Nusayr proclaimed a host of new doctrines which, to make a long story short, make Alawism into a separate religion. Alawis reject Islam’s main tenets; by almost any standard they must be considered non-Muslims. The majority of Shi’ah believe that Ibn Nusayr was cursed by Imam Hasan al-Askari for deviant beliefs, while other Shi’ah and Alawis suppose that any curses and deviant beliefs were an act of taqiyya and / or false ahadith circulated by the Abbassids.

        An accepted reference on Nusayri rites and doctrines was published in Aleppo in 1859 as Kitab al-Majmu. According to its author, Sulayman al-Adhani, the Nusayris, like other sects of the Syrian mountains on the Mediterranean, primarily believed in the transmigration of souls. Since the French mandate over Syria (1920 – 1946), the term Nusayri has been dropped in favour of the more common Alawi, and a doctrinal, if not political, rapprochement has been in the works with the majority of Shi’ah. The Kitab al-Majmu shows the Alawis as an isolated group who have incorporated many different religions into theirs.

        Alawi doctrine is a mixture of Islamic, Gnostic and Christian beliefs. Some Alawi doctrines appear to derive from Phoenician paganism, Mazdakism and Manicheanism. But by far the greatest affinity is with Christianity. Alawi religious ceremonies involve bread and wine; indeed, wine drinking has a sacred role in Alawism, for it represents God. The religion holds Ali, the fourth caliph, to be the (Jesus-like) incarnation of divinity. The Alawis maintain that all Islamic teaching can be interpreted spiritually and therefore does not have to be taken literally. The Alawis possess a range of distinctive doctrines which have led them to be treated as heretics by Sunni Muslims, for example:

        Rejection of the Qur’an:
        Rejection of the Five Pillars of Islam.
        Alawis recognize the five pillars of Islam, but they do not believe that anyone has the privilege of practicing them because they are too pure to be performed by just any soul. The Creed, Prayer, Alms, Pilgrimage, and Fasting during Ramadan, are thus believed only as symbols and there is no need to practice them. According to Ibn Kathir (d. 1372 CE), where Muslims proclaim their Creed with the phrase “There is no deity but God and Muhammad is His prophet,” Alawis assert “There is no deity but Ali, no Veil but Muhammad, and no Bab but Salman.” Furthermore, they believe the five daily prayers to symbolise the pentad: Ali, Hasan, Husayn, Muhsin and Fatimah, and that mentioning these five names suffices one instead of making ghusl from major impurity, or ablution, or fulfilling other conditions and obligatory actions of the five daily prayers. The Alawis have two other pillars: Jihad, or holy struggle / war is another pillar, in common with the Kharijites, and the worship of Ali, (called Waliya), is the another pillar. This involves not only devotion to Ali, but also struggle against Ali’s enemies.

        Chauvinism for the Shaykhs:
        Alawis have their own shaykhs. These shaykhs are believed to be endowed with a kind of divine authority (a common trend among Sunnis, Shi’ah and Rabbinical Jews today). One of the Shaikh’s duties is to lead religious and other forms of ceremony.

        Belief in incarnation:
        Almost all Shi’ah (Zaydis excepted) believe Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet, was the rightful first caliph. However, Alawis go further and believe Ali is a member of an appearance of a “Trinity” of Allah. The Alawis believe that Ali is God in the flesh, their Imam on Earth and their God in the heavens; they believe that Ali created the Prophet from his spirit, and that the Prophet created Salman al-Farsi. These three form a Trinity in which Ali is described as the ‘Idea’, the Prophet is the ‘Name’ and Salman is the ‘door’ / ‘gate’ (Bab). In Sura 6 of the Kitab al-Majmu, it is stated, “I make for the Door, I prostrate myself before God, I worship the essence.”

        They believe that Allah has appeared in a threeness during at least seven cycles. The last appearance was Muhammad, Ali and Salman al-Farsi, and thus:

        Revealed: Adam
        Hidden: Abel
        Gate: ?

        Revealed: Noah
        Hidden: Seth
        Gate: ?
        [Note that Noah and Seth are together, even though they lived over a millennia apart.]

        Revealed: Jacob
        Hidden: Joseph
        Gate: ?

        Revealed: Moses
        Hidden: Joshua
        Gate: ?

        Revealed: Solomon
        Hidden: Asaph / Asaf
        Gate: ?

        Revealed: Jesus
        Hidden: Peter
        Gate: ?

        Revealed: Prophet Muhammad
        Hidden: Ali
        Gate: Salman al-Farsi

        According to Question 44 of the Druze Catechism, the Alawis split off from the Druze because the former worshipped Ali, when they really should be worshipping Lord al-Hakim (996 – 1021 CE) who is visible God to the Druze.

        Alawis use wine as a symbol for God, which they use in the manner of a communion service. Like Catholics, they believe that the wine is transubstantiated into the deity, Allah. The wine is consecrated in an occasional and highly secretive mass for the male members of the community.

        Legalisation of intoxicants:
        Alawis in Syria drink wine but they do not believe in getting drunk.

        Belief in reincarnation:
        Alawis believe in reincarnation. Contrary to Islamic belief, the Alawis claim that women do not have souls and, therefore, there is no need to explain the secrets of Alawi doctrine to women, because they are not reincarnated. The Encyclopedia of Islam (New Edition) thus states: “Women are excluded from this because they are born of the sins of devils; for this reason, they are not entitled to participate in the rights of men” (Sulayman al-Adhani, Kitab al-Bakurah, 61). Some modern Alawis consider that women have souls.

        The principle of metempsychosis, or the transfer of souls from one body to another, is an essential element in Alawi beliefs. There are different kinds of soul transmigration – some souls pass into the bodies of other humans while other souls pass into the bodies of either animals or plants.

        The Alawis believe that all persons were stars in the world of light but fell from here due to disobedience. They believe they must be reincarnated seven times before they once again return to the stars where Ali is prince. A good Alawi will assume a better form after his death than a bad Alawi. The Alawis claim that the Milky Way is infact the deified souls of the true believers. The less pious souls require more transformations. If an Alawi is sinful, he will be reborn as a Chrsitian until his atonement is complete. A bad Alawi will definitely assume a better form than a non-Alawi. Infidels will be reborn as animals.

        According to this principle, there are different degrees of punishment for people after death. The small punishment occurs as the souls of those who defied Alawis pass into the bodies of foul animals and insects until the end of time. The big punishment will occur on judgment day as those souls are eternally put to burn in hell. This doctrine of metempsychosis, which Alawis share with the Druzes, controverts the common Islamic belief that souls remain within the confines of the grave until judgment day.

        Disbelief in resurrection, Paradise and Hellfire:
        Contrary to the above, it has also been said that the Alawis reject the concept of a final Judgement and eternal abode (Paradise / Hell).

        Astrological doctrines:
        While the Prophet was against astrology, Alawis use astrology. They believe the stars in the Milky Way are actually the deified souls of believers.

        Mosque Attendance:
        Attending Mosque is not important to most Alawis. However, they do have ceremonies in the famous Ummayad mosque in Damascus.

        Status of Women:
        Women do most of the hard labour; they are prized “precisely because of the work they do that men will not do except grudgingly, finding it incompatible with their dignity.” Women are never inducted into the mysteries (“Would you have us teach them whom we use, our holy faith?”); indeed, their uncleanliness requires their exclusion from all religious rituals. Females are thought to retain the pagan cult of worshipping trees, meadows, and hills, and to have no souls.

      6. The Bab Avatar

        Imam ibn Taymiyyah [Majmu al-Fatwa 35 / 145], when asked if it is permissible for a [Sunni] Muslim to marry a Nusayri, or to partake of their food, etc. replied that they were from among the Qaramatah and Batiniyyah, “their aim is repudiation of Islamic beliefs and laws in every possible way … such as that ‘five prayers’ means knowledge of their secrets, ‘obligatory fast’ hiding of their secrets, and ‘pilgrimage to Bayt al-Atiq’ means to visit their shaykhs, and that the two hands of Abu Lahab represent Abu Bakr and Umar, and that ‘the great news and the manifest imam’ [al-Naba ul-Azeem wa al-Imam ul-Mubiyn] is Ali ibn Abu Talib. When they have an opportunity, they spill the blood of Muslims, such as when they once killed pilgrims and threw them into the well of Zamzam [apparently confounding the Alawis with the Qarmatians, who did such things when they occupied Makkah]. Once they took the black stone and it stayed with them for a period of time [again, a reference to the Qarmatians], and they have killed so many Muslim scholars and elders that only Allah knows their number. They wrote many books, such as what the questioner mentioned, and others. It is known to us that the coast of Sham was only taken over by the Christians [north European Crusaders] from their [Nusayri] side. And also that they are always on the side of every enemy against Muslims, so they are with Christians against Muslims. From the greatest afflictions that have befallen them are Muslims’ opening conquest of the coast (of Sham) and defeat of the Christians. Nay, one of the greatest afflictions that has befallen them is Muslims’ victory over the Tatars [Mongols], and from the greatest holidays for them is the Christians’ conquest … of Muslim ports. They don’t admit that this world has a Creator that created it, or that he has a religion that he orders with, or that he has a place with which he will reward people for their deeds, other than this place.”

        Alawis tend to show more friendliness to Christians than to Muslims. For these reasons, many observers – missionaries especially – have suspected the Alawis of a secret Christian proclivity. Even T. E. Lawrence described them as “those disciples of a cult of fertility, sheer pagan, antiforeign, distrustful of Islam, drawn at moments to Christianity by common persecution.” The Jesuit scholar Henri Lammens unequivocally concluded from his research that “the Nusayris were Christians” and their practices combine Christian with Shi’i elements.

        Customs:
        At the age of 19 Alawis undergo an initiation rite in which they begin to learn some of the secrets of the sect. Alawis are in fact born into the sect; the initiation ceremony serves to confirm their membership.

        While most Islamic holidays such as Id al Fitr and Id al Adha are celebrated, in addition to Shi’i holidays such as Yawm al-Ashura, Alawis celebrate some Christian holidays such as the day of Epiphany. By commemorating this day in which Jesus was baptised by St. John, Alawis believe that God will answer their prayers. In addition, their celebration of Christmas is a way for Alawis to affirm the different ways in which God has manifested Himself on earth. Their prayers on both these days resemble to a large degree those held in Christian masses.

        Alawis have special feasts in which they celebrate the anniversaries of their sacred figures.

        Alawis celebrate many Christian festivals, including Christmas, New Year’s, Epiphany, Easter, Pentecost , and Palm Sunday. They honor many Christian saints: St. Catherine, St. Barbara, St. George, St. John the Baptist, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Mary Magdalene. The Arabic equivalents of such Christian personal names as Gabriel, John, Matthew, Catherine, and Helen, are in common use.

        They also celebrate Nawruz, which is the New Year of the Zoroastrians. Other Shi’ah celebrate this also, teaching this was the day the Prophet gave the Caliphate to Ali.

      7. The Bab Avatar

        The term `Alawi is a fairly recent label to the group, coming from the name “`Ali”, the 1st Imam (as) of Shi’ah Islam. The group is historically known as the Nusayriyya [religion], after its founder Muhammad ibn Nusayr (or just “Ibn Nusayr). He is known by `Alawis as a pupil of the 11th Shi’i Imam Hasan al-`Askari (as). In his lifetime, ibn Nusayr claimed to be the saf`ir and bab, or representative and “door” to the Imam (as), and later as the saf`ir to the 12th Imam, al-Qa’im (as) during his minor occultation.

        Thus, the roots of `Alawiyya is essentially twelver Imami, but its offshoot point was with ibn Nusayr during the minor occultation, where he rejected the traditional 4 saf`irs of Shi’ah Islam, and instead declared himself as the sole legitimate authority in communication with the eschatological Qa’im (as).

        History and evolution of `Alawiyya:
        al-`Alawiyya religiously developed based on not just the teachings of ibn Nusayr, but the surrounded influences of Shi’ah Islam, Christianity, Isma`iliyya, and other local groups. After ibn Nusayr died in the 10th century CE, his grandson at-Tabarani succeeded him in scholarship and his writings became the basis of the `Alawi faith. He lived in Latakia, which was Byzantine (and therefore Christian) controlled at that time. The `Alawis also lived amongst the Druze and Maronites.

        Beliefs:
        -Secrecy: The `Alawi aqeedah relies on strict taqiyya, and thus the group, its beliefs, and its practices are to remain a secret, even to members of the sect. Women, for example, cannot be taught the religion, as religious direction belongs solely to the man. The group has also refrained from making da`wa (propagation) and jihad (expedition) for the purpose of spreading the religion; instead it remained isolated throughout history.

        In the 19th century, Sulaiman al-Adni, an Alawite convert to Christianity, wrote a book named al-Bakurah as-Suliamaniya fi Kashf Asrar ad-Diyanah an-Nusairiyah (The First Fruits of Sulaiman in Revealing the Secrets of the Nusairi Religion), which was the first detailed outsider account into the `Alawi religion.

        Some major beliefs include:

        -Reincarnation:
        This appears to have been an original ibn Nusayri teaching, that one can reincarnate several times. Women do not reincarnate. Men, however, can live 7 lives as faithful `Alawis, and then finally join ‘Ali (as) in a celestial heaven. If they are not faithful, they will be reborn as Christians as a punishment. Non-Alawis reincarnate into animals.

        -Trinity:
        `Alawis believe in three incarnations of God: `Ali (as), Muhammad (pbuh), and Salman al-Farisi (ra). Each of the three have their own mystical significance, `Ali being the meaning, Muhammed being the name, and Salman al-Farisi being the gate. The short version of the `Alawi shahada is “I testify that there is no God but Ali,” (la ilaha illa-`Ali), the long version (`ayn meem seen) which recognizes the full Trinity says: `I have borne witness that there is no God but He, the most High, the object of worship [al-‘Ali al-Ma’bud] and that there is no concealing veil (hijab) except the lord Muhammad, the object of praise, (as-Sayyid Muhmmad al-Mahmud), and there is not Bab except the lord Salman al-Farisi`

        -Rejection of the Qur’an:
        `Alawis reject the literal meanings of the Qur’an, and instead emphasize spiritual, mystical, and metaphorical practices and sayings.

        -Celebration of Christian and Persian holidays:
        Since the religion had a long standing in Christendom, they adopted some Christian celebrations including Christmas, Easter, Palm Sunday, and ahve their own unique practices for these days, which include the communion associated with Catholic tradition. `Alawis also celebrate Nawruz, marking the Persian new year.

        -Mysticism:
        In the `Alawiyya, there are many connections with the Isma’iiyya, as they both view the Islamic shari`ah esoterically and allegorically. They believe in a hidden meaning behind the commands, and take these concepts over their literal meanings. `Alawis even believe that these secret meanings were hidden from the Prophet (pbuh), and was revealed to the Imams (as) and ibn Nusayr instead.

        `Alawites in the modern day:
        As mentioned earlier, the Syrian Ba’ath party is a secular Arab party, influenced by socialist and Napoleonic ideas, whose head consists of prominent `Alawi families. In recent times, this leadership (under Hafez al-Asad) encouraged `Alawis to behave like “regular Muslims”. The government also pushed its secular agenda, instituting laws limiting Islamic education in Syria. Thus, with the encouragement of a more homogeneous Muslim society, strict secrecy even amongst believers, and the recent rise of secularization in Syria, the beliefs that made `Alawites distinct from other Muslim sects are fading away in modern times. Many `Alawis today are irreligious and uneducated in their religion, causing a disappearance of classical Nusayri scholarship, and are thus more “Muslim” in their beliefs, but still highly secular.

        Because of its unique relationship with Shi’ah Islam, however, twelver Shi’ites of Iran and Lebanon have been reaching out to the Alawites for political and religious assurance. Thus, those `Alawis who do study theology in Damascus often become twelver Shi’ah themselves, and either attend Damascus howzas for Shi’ah Islamic learning, or study in Qum or Lebanon.

      8. The Bab Avatar

        They believe he is a prophet and a bab to the Hidden Imam. From Tusi’s Ghayba, probably quoting Sa`d b. `Abdillah’s firaq:
        وقال سعد بن عبد الله: كان محمد بن نصير النميري يدعي أنه رسول نبي وأن علي بن محمد عليه السلام أرسله، وكان يقول بالتناسخ ويغلو في أبي الحسن عليه السلام ويقول فيه بالربوبية، ويقول بالاباحة للمحارم، وتحليل نكاح الرجال بعضهم بعضا في أدبارهم، ويزعم أن ذلك من التواضع والاخبات والتذلل في المفعول به، وأنه من الفاعل إحدى الشهوات والطيبات، وأن الله عز وجل لا يحرم شيئا من ذلك. وكان محمد بن موسى بن الحسن بن الفرات يقوي أسبابه ويعضده.

        And Sa`d b. `Abdillah said:

        Muhammad b. Nusayr an-Numayri would declare that he was a messenger prophet and that `Ali b. Muhammad عليه السلام had sent him. And he would profess [the belief in] reincarnation and ghulw in regards to Abu’l Hasan عليه السلام, and he professed Lordship in regards to him. And he professed the legalization of relatives (maharim), and allowed for men to have sexual intercourse, one with another, in their posteriors (i.e. anal intercourse). And he would allege that the receptive partner is one of modesty, humbleness, and humility, and the active partner is one with desires and good things, and that Allah عز وجل forbade nothing of that. And Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Hasan b. al-Furat would strengthen his reasons and assist him. (Tusi’s Ghayba)

        As you know, Ibn Nusayr also made the claim that he was the manifestation of the ism and the bab.

        And he professed the legalization of relatives, and allowed for men to have sexual intercourse, one with another, in their posteriors (i.e. anal intercourse). And he says that the active partner and receptive partner with it is one of the desires and good things, and that Allah forbade nothing of that. And Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Hasan b. Furat would strengthen his reasons and assist him. And it is mentioned that one of the people saw Muhammad b. Nusayr exhausted and a slave boy of his was upon his back, and that he reprimanded him for that. So he said: Verily this is from the pleasures and it is humbleness to Allah and the abandonment of arrogance. And the people separated in regards to him and after him as a sect.

        There’s also an article written about the one who really established the Nusayris (not Ibn Nusayr himself) called “al-Husayn ibn Hamdân al-Khasîbî: A Historical Biography of the Founder of the Nusayrî- ‘Alawite Sect”.

    3. Anti ISIS Avatar
      Anti ISIS

      Prove your shit.

      1. Poor baby you are losing control. Don’t get all “historical”!

      2. Free Lebanese Avatar
        Free Lebanese

        There is nothing to prove to a brainwashed shit like you who supports criminals like assad, hiz elshaytan, and all the shit that follows them……You have no education, so you want me to prove you what and how, I would like too, but u understand nothing…..

      3. Hend Abyad Avatar
        Hend Abyad

        Here come the two inseparable preachers wargame-Manjuice-
        The Bab.
        Barabie’s masters

        1. MaImequer0 Avatar
          MaImequer0

          any secret numbers jumping out at you today sweetie???LOL╚♠╝

      4. Hend Abyad Avatar
        Hend Abyad

        Lot of blablabla that means nothingl..too much time with nothing to do..

    4. Free Shite Avatar
      Free Shite

      It very well could be as you can’t trust and believe shites and their evil shit ploys. Simple, see who it would benefit the most. Right, Bashar al-Wahash al-kalb, Fat-Tranny-Nasty, and Kharatrannymenei.
      It will benefit them if they can sow strife between Druze and Sunnis and drag Druze to fight the Sunni patriots.
      And will help them drag the revolution, create another sectarian war, prolong Bashar al-Wahash al-Kalb’s stay in power, keep pee’r’aoun’s hegemony intact, keep the shite proxies like hezpigshits, daesh going, keep the patriotic rebels at bay – making them weak by fighting on many fronts and against many entities and proxies, and weaken their resolve, free license to massacre Sunnis indiscriminately, and show the outside world why they need him and the shites to protect the minorities.

      However, pro-Assad Druze forces could still attempt to take advantage of sectarian fears to achieve the goals of the shit beast, Bashar al-Wahash al-Kalb’s evil regime, which, along with Hezpigshits in Lebanon and kharatullahs in pee’r’aoun provides them with funding and support to deepen sectarian tension. That is their goal, and the Druze are being forced into taking an anti-Sunni stance and enter the fight indirectly on their behalf.
      The Druze will be a useful cannon fodder for them! Time will tell if the Druze falls/fell for it!

      1. Free Lebanese Avatar
        Free Lebanese

        I agree….hope they won’t accept to be used as atool of the regime and its proxies!!!!

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    We actually see the names … something new … and of course it is condemned by anyone with half a brain.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        The sword-dance was interesting … don’t understand a word … 😉

        1. Free Lebanese Avatar
          Free Lebanese

          You don’t have to understand everything, just continue acting as a hypocrite….From what corner of dahieh are u??????

          1. Whichever corner it’s from is shite

          2. Free Lebanese Avatar
            Free Lebanese

            I gussed that since the beginning …..I feel his hypocrisy and always playing on all sides…..

          3. He’s a disgusting spineless two faced lonely old drunk. He’s only good for mocking. He’s a racist xenophobic son of a dead slut

          4. Free Lebanese Avatar
            Free Lebanese

            well said so it confirms my intuition about that guy!!!!

          5. Yeh he pretends he’s fair but in fact he’s a biased prick who hates Sunnis coz “they treat the girl he’s in love with badly in tripoli”. This is his (Henry) story; he met a girl in tripoli who is young enough to be his granddaughter and fell in love. But she doesn’t want him yet he still sends her money hoping that money will buy him her love. His children think he’s “insane” and “don’t approve” but being a drunk he disregards his own children and continues trying to buy her love. The guy is actually sad and in a strange way I feel sorry for him but what can I do if he doesn’t listen to his own children. Anyway treat Henry like you would treat any old drunk.

          6. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            (this from the dedicated Anti-Alawi researcher … )

          7. Dickhead don’t push it or I will post your emails

          8. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            All one of them? But then the truth would be out, right? :-)))
            And that’s not what’s wanted, is it??

          9. libnan1 Avatar

            Every man deserves to get laid. Are you available?

          10. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            lol

          11. No but your mom definitely is. But you need to take a ticket and get in line

          12. Anti ISIS Avatar
            Anti ISIS

            To late Libnan. We have all gone through this whore.

          13. nagy_michael2 Avatar
            nagy_michael2

            Good one.

          14. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            O and Free Lebanese old ladies gossiping

          15. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Free Leb’O’s gossips

          16. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            well sweetie…. not like you and your snake-like forked tongue eh??? You could hit both ovaries and miss the point… LOL!!!!

        2. “don’t understand a word”

          But yet you have no problem understanding the taqqiya whore language. You spineless old drunkard.

      2. Reasonableman Avatar
        Reasonableman

        Druze statement denying a massacre:

         http://anbaaonline.com/?p=335520

        From what I can put together, JN was using some houses in Druze villages to house displaced families. These houses had belonged to shabbiha who had either been killed in the war or had gone to Assad controlled areas. Some local Druze protested and JN sent an envoy to them to explain the situation. The Druze killed him, and the JN fighter with the envoy opened fire too.

        The local village council asked Jaish al-Fath to step in, but before they could do so, the local JN amir attacked the village. In total, 3 JN fighters were killed, 4 Druze fighters and 6 civilians. Jaish al-Fath finally took control and arrested both the JN amir and the Druze fighters, both of whom will appear in a shari’ah court. So far, JN has agreed to pay damages. Don’t know the details of that.

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Sure different than ‘news’ stories … more of a local idiocy, sounds like.
          Jumblatt still waiting for the ‘full’ report?? But what happens in Sharia Courts is never known … only the verdicts come out to be displayed – usually in dark red…

  3. Free Lebanese Avatar
    Free Lebanese

    Traitors are nothing else than traitors…..in this case they are shabiha…, to get rid off that quality of people is a blessing….

    1. Anti ISIS Avatar
      Anti ISIS

      Spoken like a true Isis supporter. Except you forgot the Allah Akbar, Kill kill Kill.

      1. Barked like a true loser. Your attitude stinks of a typical loser. Don’t worry your God, bashar, will save you hahaha. Looks like the final countdown has started for your hero. Tic Tok the wicked whore will soon be dead.

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Re: The Picture. Do you see the SIZE of the Yarmulke over the head of the guy in upper right??
    MAN, somebody’s gonna be jealous. ;-)))

    1. Hend Abyad Avatar
      Hend Abyad

      Tarboush, Yarmukle is Jewish.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        (shhhh … )
        I know … but they all seem to need a hat of some kind, don’t they? And that’s the biggest I’ve seen. ;-))

        1. Hend Abyad Avatar
          Hend Abyad

          But they wear this for century..stop it.. you’ve been here long enough to know about ME traditions, accept them.

          1. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            Yet you haven’t been in Montreal long enough to learn the local traditions eh sweetie??? LOL!!!☻514

          2. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            Who’s talking to you? Converse with Barabia☻514

          3. MaImequer0 Avatar
            MaImequer0

            adverting 514 sweetie??? LOL!!!

          4. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Wow .. fancy .. and that sect wears skirts too. Sweet … :-)))))
            But I meant the huge cap at the top of the pic …

          5. Hend Abyad Avatar
            Hend Abyad

            It’s Abaya like coat (chic).

          6. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Looks like dressing-gowns my mother wore …. all Christmas morning …

        2. Hend Abyad Avatar
          Hend Abyad

          Those are bigger..

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