Kurdish Alevism (Kurdish: Rêya Heqî, lit. 'The Path of God/Truth' or Elewîtî) refers to the unique rituals, sacred place practices, mythological discourses...
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Alevism (/æˈlɛvɪzəm/; Turkish: Alevilik; Kurdish: Elewîtî[failed verification]) is a syncretic Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Islamic...
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Kurds (redirect from Kurdish demographics)
and also Alevism. Moreover, many Shafi'i Kurds adhere to either one of the two Sufi orders Naqshbandi and Qadiriyya. Beside Sunni Islam, Alevism and Shia...
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Kurds in Turkey (redirect from Kurdish people in Turkey)
language for Alevi population. Most of the Kurdish people living in Turkey are Sunni Muslims, though Alevism comprises a sizable minority of about 30%...
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Spread of Islam among Kurds (category History of the Kurdish people)
tradition, some elements of this faith survived in Yezidism, Yarsanism and Kurdish Alevism. When Islam first appeared, the Kurds were divided between the Byzantine...
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Yazdânism (category Kurdish culture)
Yazidism, Yarsanism, and Kurdish Alevism. The concept of Yazdânism has found a wide perception both within and beyond Kurdish nationalist discourses, but...
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Ibadi Najdat (Historical) Sufri (Historical) Shia Islam Alevism Alians Bektashism Kurdish Alevism Alawites (Nusayris) Isma'ilism Mustaali Dawoodi Bohra...
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Odjak (Turkish: Ocak, Kurdish: Ocax, Azerbaijani: Ocaq, lit. 'hearth') is the particular religious community which adherents of Alevism belong to. In Alevi...
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Religion in Kurdistan (category Kurdish culture)
Yarsanism, Yazidism, Alevism and Judaism. Overall today, Sunni Islam is the most adhered to religion in Kurdistan. The majority of Kurdish people are Muslim...
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Anatolia, and suffered execution by hanging as a consequence. Alevism Kurdish Alevism O'Connell 2013. O'Connell, John M. (2013). "Pir Sultan Abdal"....
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