call them nusairi NOT alawi

Submitted by Badra Sid (Saudi Arabia), Sep 24, 2012 at 23:44

The only alawi sunni is the royal family of Morocco, they are the descendantts of Ali Ibn Abi Taled. BUT the alawis of Syria, Lebanon etc . their real name is not alawis but nusairis whose name taken from the founder of the sect.

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