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Islam].
Moosa suggests that like other schismatic groups residing in Syria,
such as the Druzes and Ismailis, the Nusayris do not take their beliefs
literally, but understand them as allegorical ... contempt or disdain for outsiders
who do not share these beliefs. Like the Druzes and some Ismailis,
Nusayris believe in metempsychosis or transmigration. The souls of
the wicked pass into ... secular outlook would protect them from
Sunni hegemony and persecution. Other minorities, including
Christians, Druzes, and Ismailis, tended to join the Baath (or in some
cases the Communist Party
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Mandate period, there
was a separate Alawite state based on these territories. Similarly, the
Druze, who have largely remained neutral in the current struggle, have
traditionally been concentrated in regions ... Syria would risk destabilizing
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both Iraq and Lebanon, which is why Lebanese Druze leader Walid
Jumblatt has been urging his fellow Lebanese politicians to work to
"isolate Lebanon from
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rather autonomous image, whether or not it is accurate.
As for Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, it is needless to say that his recent
stances vis-à-vis the Syrian ... army,
had received an offer by Hezbollah and the Syrian regime to "assassinate
Druze leader MP Walid Jumblatt in return for the release of a number of
jihadists in Syrian
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gave him a rather autonomous image, whether or not it
is accurate.
As for Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, it is needless to say that his
recent stances ... army, had received an offer by
Hezbollah and the Syrian regime to "assassinate Druze leader
MP Walid Jumblatt in return for the release of a number of
jihadists in Syrian
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have stressed
that the opposition must reach out to minorities, such as Christians,
Druze and Alawites, who fear that a post-Assad regime will be
dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood ... prominent human-rights activists Riad al-Seif and Walid al-Bunni, as
well as Druze, Christian and Alawite figures he named. The aim, said
Ziadeh, is "solid leadership that
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have stressed
that the opposition must reach out to minorities, such as Christians,
Druze and Alawites, who fear that a post-Assad regime will be
dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood ... prominent human-rights activists Riad al-Seif and Walid al-Bunni, as
well as Druze, Christian and Alawite figures he named. The aim, said
Ziadeh, is "solid leadership that
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Mandate period, there
was a separate Alawite state based on these territories. Similarly,
the Druze, who have largely remained neutral in the current
struggle, have traditionally been concentrated in regions ... strife in Syria would risk destabilizing both Iraq and
Lebanon, which is why Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt
has been urging his fellow Lebanese politicians to work to
"isolate Lebanon
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majority of Sunnis, even those bitterly hostile to Israel,
loathes the party. The Druze, who would absorb the first wave of Shia refugees, cannot forget how Hezbollah attacked
their mountains
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Sunni Muslims -- even those who are not jihadists. Alawites, Druze, Kurds, and Christians could all become targets=for
WMD-armed Sunni jihadists. Similarly, Shiite radicals could
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Homs, Jisr al-
Shughour, Rastan, Idlib, and Dayr az Zawr -- skipping over
Kurdish and Druze areas and the mountain villages and coastal
towns that make up the Alawite strongholds
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many of Syria's majority Sunni
Muslims -- even those who are not jihadists. Alawites, Druze,
Kurds, and Christians could all become targets for WMD-armed
Sunni jihadists. Similarly, Shiite radicals
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