АЛЕВИЗАМ КАО ФЕНОМЕН У ОКВИРУ ШИ’ИТСКОГ ИСЛАМА
ALEVISM LIKE PHENOMENON IN THE SHIA ISLAM

Summary/Abstract: There are many gropus and trends within the Islam thus alevism is one of them. From the sociological and theological aspects, alevism within Shia Islam represents very interesting religious phenomenon. It originated in the mountains of Anatolia under mysterious circumstances and accordingly it has been the subject of doubts, assumptions and research during the centuries. Alevism is consists of many religious and philosophical syncretistic ideas and at the same time shamanism, nestorianism, Buddhism, Manichaeism, Sufism and the idea of Shia Islam may be encountered. From the sociological point of view alevism represents a particular heterodoxy orientation within the Shia Islam. Five pillars of Islam and the six pillars of faith alevis interpret their own way. Due to such points of view they were the subject of the marginalization and persecution from the very start in XIII century untill the beginning of XX century when they experienced renaissance during the Ataturk. Unfortunately even nowdays there are a prevailing prejudices against Alevis in Turkey. Like orientation, alevism is very interesting to be studying because of the spiritual kinship with the Bektashi dervish orders which played key role spreading Islam on the Balkans and which are still present in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia. Alevism counts 20% of the population in Turkey, namely about 20 -24 million of the total 78 million people. А large number of alevis lives today in Germany.

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