The Nuṣayrī-ʻAlawīs: An Introduction to the Religion, History, and Identity ... - Yaron Friedman - Google Books

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Friedman offers new and updated research on the Nusayr - Alaw sect, today a leading group in Syria, covering a variety of aspects and focusing on the Middle Ages. A century after Dussaud's "Histoire et religion des Nosair s" (1900), he reviews the history…