Islam is not a monolithic religion and consists of differing belief systems. Another sect of Islam is known as the 'Alawites (also known as Nusayris). Their religious beliefs differ greatly from those of the Sunnis and the Shi'ites and therefore they are considered outside of the Islamic faith by many within Islam. As a result of this they have been persecuted and have been considered wild outlaws. Two of their very distinctive beliefs are that they believe in a "battery-powered electric messiah" and that there is a "Trinity" but not as Christians would believe but this 'Alawite supreme manifestation of the "Trinity" is Muhammed, 'Ali, and Salman al-Faris. Millions hold to 'Alawite beliefs and their religion controls the nation of Syria today. The Origin of the Alawites is in dispute. According to some sources they were originally Nusayri, a sect that broke ties with Twelver Shiites in the 9th century. The Alawites trace their origins to the eleventh Shia Imam, Hasan al Askari (d.873), and his pupil Ibn Nusayr (d.868). Nusayr proclaimed himself the "bab" or door (representative) of the 11th Imam. The sect seems to have been organised by a follower of Ibn Nusayr's known as al-Khasibi who died in Aleppo in about 969. Al-Khasibi's grandson al-Tabarani moved to Latakia on the Syrian coast. There he refined the Nusayri religion and, with his pupils, converted much of the local population. Today Alawites exist as a minority, but politically powerful, religious sect in Syria. Theologically, Alawites today claim to be Twelver Shiites, but traditionally they have been designated as "extremists -- ghulat" and outside the bounds of Islam by the Muslim mainstream.
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Larry Wessels graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, Texas in 1981 with a degree in Advertising & on May 16 of that same year he had a supernatural "born again" experience (John 3:3-8, Romans 8: 8-17, etc.) by a sovereign act of the God of the Bible. Larry has been...
