Alawites

Summary

Alawites is a religious group^[1]. Alawites draws 7,390 Wikipedia views per month (religious_group category, ranking #2 of 12).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alawites's religion is recorded as Alawism^[3].
• Alawites's instance of is recorded as religious group^[4].
• Alawites's instance of is recorded as sect^[5].
• Alawites's founder is recorded as Ibn Nusayr^[6].
• Alawites's founder is recorded as Al-Khaṣībī^[7].
• Alawites's Commons category is recorded as Alawites^[8].
• Alawites's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alawites^[9].
• Alawites's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• Alawites's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Alawites's described by source is recorded as Islamskiy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar'^[12].
• Alawites's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• Alawites's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'علويون'}^[14].

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Founding

Founders include Ibn Nusayr^[6] and Al-Khaṣībī^[7].

Why It Matters

Alawites draws 7,390 Wikipedia views per month (religious_group category, ranking #2 of 12).^[2] Alawites has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] Alawites is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]