| Shia Protagonist1 #144359 The Shia in Syria are divided into several groups: the Imamis or Twelvers, the Ismailis, also called Seveners and the Alawis, some traditionally were called Nusayris others are Marashedah and Bkdasheyah, but changed their names to Alawi in time of Al-Asad for political reasons. |
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