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 /

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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Other Authors: Kehl-Bodrogi, Krisztina., Kellner-Heinkele, Barbara., Otter-Beaujean, Anke.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Arabic

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1997.

Series: Numen Book Series 76.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Islamic sects > Middle East > Congresses.

Syncretism (Islam) > Congresses.

Religion > Study and teaching > Methodology > Congresses.

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