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Reader comment on item: The Alawi Capture of Power in Syria
Submitted by George thomson (United Kingdom), Oct 4, 2012 at 09:42
Fantastic analysis of the rise to power of Alawis in Syria,I now fully understand that this civil war which I initially supported has turned into an existential struggle for the Alawis, better to fight and die than go meekly to the grave.
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| 2 | Religion [100 words] | Skip Clark | May 23, 2016 08:45 | 229607 | |
 Your Excellent Analysis of the History of Alawi Syria [331 words] | Robert | Dec 8, 2016 14:36 | 229607 | ||
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| Book? [15 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Isabella | Apr 1, 2016 11:47 | 228664 | ||
| As a matter of curiosity [14 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Kepha Hor | Jan 23, 2016 20:27 | 227791 | ||
| 2 | In the history of Humanity, 40 years of rule is NOTHING [135 words] | Kenshiro | Dec 16, 2013 04:08 | 212180 | |
| thank you for this [6 words] | malerie haskins | Oct 22, 2013 15:23 | 210884 | ||
| 5 | Modern Levant [145 words] | cafer | Aug 25, 2013 01:14 | 209200 |
| Hello [87 words] | Treize | Aug 31, 2013 11:33 | 209200 | ||
| Modern Levant [148 words] | cafer | Sep 2, 2013 02:51 | 209200 | ||
| Hello [237 words] | Treize | Sep 3, 2013 11:06 | 209200 | ||
| sorry buy i had to laugh [56 words] | sara | Sep 3, 2013 20:25 | 209200 | ||
| 1 | Natures Children [144 words] | cuma | Sep 4, 2013 01:53 | 209200 | |
| Religious violence. [438 words] | Treize | Sep 4, 2013 15:59 | 209200 | ||
| Reaction to cuma [702 words] | Treize | Sep 6, 2013 11:40 | 209200 | ||
| 1 | Another victim of Arabian imperialism [346 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 7, 2013 19:03 | 209200 | |
| 1 | It is ahl al-Nur and not the Pakistani ahl e nur [139 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 8, 2013 07:22 | 209200 | |
| Alawi or not to be [348 words] | Cuma | Sep 8, 2013 23:34 | 209200 | ||
| Reaction to dhimmi no more [262 words] | Treize | Sep 10, 2013 20:56 | 209200 | ||
| 3 | Victims of Arabian imperialism revisited [231 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 11, 2013 08:31 | 209200 | |
| 1 | In memory of the victims of the 9/11 atrocity and Ambassador Chris Stevens pay they rest in peace [409 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 11, 2013 17:36 | 209200 | |
| Dhimmi no more [138 words] | Treize | Sep 13, 2013 07:51 | 209200 | ||
| 4 | Exposing lies and fabrications and ignorance [672 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 13, 2013 18:31 | 209200 | |
| 1 | Dhimmi [13 words] | Treize | Sep 14, 2013 06:41 | 209200 | |
| 1 | Gnosis and Greek logic in late antiquity [642 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 15, 2013 11:14 | 209200 | |
| diverse culture [265 words] | eugene quity | Jan 3, 2014 22:29 | 209200 | ||
| acceptance and unity [210 words] | eugene | Jan 3, 2014 22:44 | 209200 | ||
| A few questions for Alawi's regarding your beliefs. [296 words] | NL321 | Aug 11, 2013 17:10 | 208934 | ||
| Check Daniel Pipes" Book [44 words] | tony | Aug 4, 2013 04:43 | 208749 | ||
| Good article [69 words] | Zein | Jul 10, 2013 09:01 | 208059 | ||
| 6 | Assad sets a bleak futture for alawites [69 words] | Tony | Dec 21, 2012 00:14 | 201644 | |
| syira [59 words] | mik | Aug 10, 2013 11:59 | 201644 | ||
 Analysis [42 words] | George thomson | Oct 4, 2012 09:42 | 199483 | ||
| 3 | Alawi regime should be preseved. [104 words] | JITENDRA | Nov 23, 2012 03:23 | 199483 | |
| 1 | persecution drives them to hunger of power [254 words] | eugene quity | Jan 3, 2014 22:09 | 199483 | |
| Some nice analysis on Alawi sect [2 words] | Stanley | Jul 21, 2012 03:45 | 197343 | ||
| Alawite [32 words] | AlbertE. | Jun 9, 2012 00:13 | 196159 | ||
| 1 | and [11 words] | shbhjk sdhjsa | Apr 5, 2012 20:11 | 194997 | |
| 2 | again me(obsessive: [509 words] | shbhjk sdhjsa | May 2, 2012 20:42 | 194997 | |
| Still in the Dark [36 words] | andrew galea | Sep 7, 2012 04:24 | 194997 | ||
| We need to contact!!! [55 words] | Unkown | Feb 9, 2013 10:57 | 194997 | ||
| DR PIPES POINT OF VIEW IS VERY TRUE INDEED [59 words] | IMAD NAHAS | Mar 19, 2012 00:13 | 194504 | ||
| 2 | Organized and Dedicated Taqia [56 words] | Omar | Mar 3, 2012 12:45 | 193839 | |
| 2 | so what ? [543 words] | shbhjk sdhjsa | May 7, 2012 20:37 | 193839 | |
| l try hard [8 words] | mik | Aug 9, 2013 11:47 | 193839 | ||
| 1 | continuation of Bani Israel [99 words] | M. Irfan | Sep 2, 2013 13:12 | 193839 | |
| 2 | Another victim of Arabian imperialism [87 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 5, 2013 15:41 | 193839 | |
| No Offence to anyone ... [110 words] | M Irfan | Sep 6, 2013 13:46 | 193839 | ||
| No your comment was not an "Academic one" [127 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 8, 2013 07:12 | 193839 | ||
| Very aggressive [6 words] | M Irfan | Sep 11, 2013 08:54 | 193839 | ||
| He is back and I wonder why! [142 words] | dhimmi no more | Sep 13, 2013 06:19 | 193839 | ||
| still taking comments ? [12 words] | Carl Loeber | Feb 20, 2012 23:10 | 193523 | ||
| 7 | Asad and the Jews [36 words] | y Brandstetter MD | Apr 1, 2011 04:56 | 183788 | |
| Assad and the Jews [124 words] | foxtrot | Nov 17, 2012 12:19 | 183788 | ||
| 3 | alaouii of morocco are they alawi??? [34 words] | fatima el marzouki | Mar 27, 2011 20:54 | 183652 | |
| 1 | Alawi of Morocco [25 words] | Abu Youssef | Jun 13, 2012 05:59 | 183652 | |
| 21 | re facts on alawis [94 words] | alawi beauty | Aug 22, 2010 09:01 | 177091 | |
| 7 | Alawi [91 words] | Susie | Jan 18, 2011 03:00 | 177091 | |
| 3 | Alawi [15 words] | Mohammed | May 15, 2011 03:49 | 177091 | |
| 4 | Facts on Alawis [79 words] | Mohamed Bhalloo | Sep 3, 2011 23:14 | 177091 | |
| 3 | we are the only religion that respects all mankind? [176 words] | kimba | Aug 6, 2012 08:37 | 177091 | |
| run away [31 words] | Badra Sid | Sep 24, 2012 23:51 | 177091 | ||
| 1 | You are wrong alawi beauty [110 words] | Tony | Aug 4, 2013 04:21 | 177091 | |
| you are right Kimba [29 words] | tony | Aug 4, 2013 04:30 | 177091 | ||
| love [24 words] | mik | Aug 9, 2013 11:24 | 177091 | ||
| Alevi or Alawi? [339 words] | NL321 | Aug 22, 2013 15:17 | 177091 | ||
| 11 | Not correct [243 words] | Ali | Aug 14, 2010 13:48 | 176695 | |
| The Furure of Alawite Control in Syria [62 words] | Wildbill46 | Mar 27, 2011 08:52 | 176695 | ||
| reference [11 words] | abo ali | Apr 28, 2011 17:00 | 176695 | ||
| 2 | Islamic drivel [54 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 28, 2011 19:27 | 176695 | |
| gem [49 words] | mik | Aug 10, 2013 21:04 | 176695 | ||
| 7 | Confirmation is more valuable than speculation [186 words] | The Truth | May 9, 2010 21:41 | 172480 | |
| 8 | this is all a load of rubbish! [254 words] | unknown | Mar 7, 2010 08:56 | 169801 | |
| 4 | Christmas [89 words] | Susie | Jan 18, 2011 03:16 | 169801 | |
| 4 | Ba Alawi [47 words] | Mirhaniya Mowlana | Jul 8, 2009 03:32 | 158596 | |
| 1 | The french gave you the name of alawis to make you feel close to sunnis .... [44 words] | Badra Sid | Sep 25, 2012 00:00 | 158596 | |
| So true [2 words] | Kenshiro | Dec 16, 2013 03:55 | 158596 | ||
| This is not about Ba Alawi [12 words] | Sami | Jun 16, 2017 14:48 | 158596 | ||
| 14 | an alawi girl [82 words] | lara | Jun 18, 2009 07:15 | 157573 | |
| 3 | Well said [26 words] | Turab | Aug 25, 2009 14:44 | 157573 | |
| 4 | Alawites and proud to be! [63 words] | Freedom to Alawite | Apr 8, 2011 12:40 | 157573 | |
| pride [47 words] | Amine | Aug 5, 2012 03:21 | 157573 | ||
| 4 | 40 years - civilization of crimes against humanity [105 words] | Amine | Aug 5, 2012 03:38 | 157573 | |
| You are so right ! [112 words] | Kenshiro | Dec 16, 2013 04:02 | 157573 | ||
| Wrong [6 words] | Zena El M | Apr 21, 2014 11:26 | 157573 | ||
| so sad story [76 words] | Magdi | Mar 11, 2009 15:17 | 152106 | ||
| false [61 words] | mco | May 27, 2008 15:23 | 130209 | ||
| 5 | What Alawites did to Syria and Lebanon [92 words] | Lebanese | Feb 17, 2008 17:03 | 120419 | |
| 6 | Aalawi [92 words] | Marwa | Apr 1, 2009 00:34 | 120419 | |
| 2 | in the same hole [238 words] | levanten | May 12, 2010 07:55 | 120419 | |
| 3 | what alawites did to syrian & Labanon [152 words] | Mohamed Bhalloo | Sep 5, 2011 02:53 | 120419 | |
| 1 | The problem is closed mindednes along with closed heartedness! [232 words] | A so-called Alawi in reality a member of Ahlul-Bayt | Dec 24, 2012 17:16 | 120419 | |
| 1 | yes [2 words] | mik | Aug 10, 2013 21:12 | 120419 | |
| They do not go to hiding [35 words] | M. Irfan | Sep 2, 2013 13:29 | 120419 | ||
| Excellent, besides my personal skepticism. [77 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Godot | Apr 10, 2007 12:03 | 88964 | ||
| very interesting article [12 words] | Taghrid | Feb 23, 2007 15:01 | 78535 | ||
| 6 | wake up! [189 words] | b | Feb 12, 2007 12:43 | 76912 | |
| 9 | in reply to wake up ppl [194 words] | in reply | Aug 3, 2009 16:58 | 76912 | |
| Thank you! [26 words] | Rose | Jul 2, 2012 21:43 | 76912 | ||
| 1 | Alawis of Syria and the Vlachs of Greece [141 words] | Matousis | Oct 30, 2006 05:00 | 64797 | |
| 1 | The Vlachs of Greece [124 words] | George Mara | Mar 11, 2007 20:48 | 64797 | |
| 2 | Almost correct information [203 words] | Ragnarok | May 5, 2009 17:47 | 64797 | |
| 3 | the Truth [123 words] | tarek | Sep 16, 2006 09:17 | 56152 | |
| 7 | good alawi [109 words] | alawi | May 7, 2006 20:10 | 44998 | |
| 1 | Good..but! [113 words] | Omar Haj Ibrahim | Jun 24, 2006 09:49 | 44998 | |
| 18 | A Real Alawi [388 words] | RayRay | Nov 24, 2005 22:45 | 28821 | |
| 2 | Well said [22 words] | Tina | Sep 12, 2007 23:51 | 28821 | |
| 3 | i strongly agree [104 words] | Very much Alawi | May 4, 2008 17:00 | 28821 | |
| 1 | rayray like a ray of light into my research [26 words] | alawi gurl | Jul 5, 2008 07:01 | 28821 | |
| 23 | Alawi Beliefs [165 words] | kim from Australia | Aug 24, 2008 20:38 | 28821 | |
| 1 | DONT DO IT!!! [57 words] | lebanese MUSLIM! | Sep 17, 2009 15:09 | 28821 | |
| 9 | how uneducated [149 words] | blessed | Jan 5, 2010 21:04 | 28821 | |
| 2 | Allah knows it better [116 words] | Proud Alawi | Jan 31, 2010 14:53 | 28821 | |
| 1 | Alawites-Arevitner-Shamsiyun, Shams it means in armenian Arev-------it is sun in English [16 words] | Grigor | Feb 2, 2010 13:32 | 28821 | |
| 2 | ALAWI PRIDE [17 words] | Proud alawi girl | Apr 12, 2010 23:28 | 28821 | |
| 3 | Confused about Alawis! What exactly is their religion? My research [785 words] | Andrew Jeffrey Uk | Aug 20, 2010 16:29 | 28821 | |
| 4 | JUST A LITTLE RESPECT [337 words] | Bella | Sep 4, 2010 03:33 | 28821 | |
| 5 | alawite means freedom tolerance and quality [19 words] | kamal | Sep 15, 2010 08:53 | 28821 | |
| 1 | same [93 words] | SA | Jan 18, 2011 03:07 | 28821 | |
| 1 | Open [31 words] | SA | Jan 18, 2011 03:09 | 28821 | |
| If the Alawi fall what will become of Syria? [52 words] | Seamus Dafydd Dives MacNemi | Apr 10, 2011 00:17 | 28821 | ||
| 5 | If Alawis are so peaceful [62 words] | Mike | Jun 18, 2011 15:40 | 28821 | |
| peace in syria [271 words] | Justice | Apr 1, 2012 21:21 | 28821 | ||
| 1 | respect [15 words] | respect2 | Apr 11, 2012 14:05 | 28821 | |
| Power and Syria [100 words] | simonson | Jul 19, 2012 21:42 | 28821 | ||
| alawis morrocco and syria [44 words] | Amine | Aug 5, 2012 03:14 | 28821 | ||
| 2 | convert to Islam and not to a sect [21 words] | Amine | Aug 5, 2012 03:46 | 28821 | |
| alawite freedom tolerance and quality [16 words] | Amine | Aug 5, 2012 03:58 | 28821 | ||
| caves [11 words] | Amine | Aug 5, 2012 04:04 | 28821 | ||
| Alawis do not believe women are lower grade [317 words] | Joe | Aug 28, 2012 11:09 | 28821 | ||
| Alawi in Morroco [31 words] | andrew galea | Sep 1, 2012 06:26 | 28821 | ||
| morocco [32 words] | Abu Youssef | Sep 2, 2012 00:32 | 28821 | ||
| Alawis [21 words] | andrew galea | Sep 4, 2012 04:09 | 28821 | ||
| 3 | Nusairis NOT Alawis [106 words] | Abu Youusef | Sep 6, 2012 05:35 | 28821 | |
| Alawi, My research [91 words] | Andrew Jeffrey | Sep 24, 2012 11:25 | 28821 | ||
| Thank You Joe for explaining [45 words] | Andrew Jeffrey | Sep 24, 2012 11:27 | 28821 | ||
| Correction, It's in Prophet Muhammad Ahadis, Mother has three times rights than Father [24 words] | Andrew Jeffrey UK | Sep 24, 2012 11:32 | 28821 | ||
| 2 | call them nusairi NOT alawi [44 words] | Badra Sid | Sep 24, 2012 23:44 | 28821 | |
| You are totally wrong. [106 words] | Sejan | Dec 27, 2012 01:09 | 28821 | ||
| 3 | The good bad and ugly [137 words] | A human being | Jan 13, 2013 09:55 | 28821 | |
| Just Ask directly to your husband. [33 words] | SKK | Feb 4, 2015 06:44 | 28821 | ||
| origin myths [205 words] | Prof. H---- | Oct 12, 2015 13:02 | 28821 | ||
| Alawites [138 words] | Defne | Aug 19, 2016 13:32 | 28821 | ||
| You know nothing about Alawites [175 words] | A REAL ALAWITE MAN WHO LOVE 124,000 PROPHETS | Sep 4, 2016 15:54 | 28821 | ||
| 3 | Purdah of Alawi Women Vs Muslim Purdah [171 words] | Allison Knight | Sep 4, 2005 23:39 | 25485 | |
| Ayad Alawi's role as PM [35 words] | Kent Frazier | Dec 7, 2004 00:38 | 18887 | ||
| Insightful useful research [13 words] | Robin Wilson | Jan 28, 2003 07:47 | 6031 | ||
| Well-documented, valuable [49 words] | Gerald D. Sack | Jan 14, 2003 01:20 | 5706 | ||
| 3 | Excellent Article [42 words] | Nebil | Sep 16, 2002 21:30 | 2489 |
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