Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East : : Collected Papers of the International Symposium “Alevism in Turkey and Comparable Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East in the Past and Present”, Berlin, 14-17 April 1995 / / edite

This volume deals with Islamic sects in the Near East such as the Alevis (Turkey), Druzes (Libanon), Alawis (Syria), Ahl-i Haqq (Iran, Iraq) and Shabak (Iraq), which have in common a syncretistic system of belief with a strong Shi'ite influence, as well as secrecy and endogamy. The contribution...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1997.
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
French
German
Arabic
Series:Numen Book Series 76.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 255 pages, 4 unnumbered pages).
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