Intro
Roughly 700 years ago (roughly 1320), the famous Ibn Taymiyyah wrote a fatwa wherein he argued that it was an obligation on Muslims to do Jihad against Druze, Shi’ites and other claimed heretical sects (see full ref in the below). The Alawites were called the Nusayris at that time and seem to have worked with the Mongols during and after their invasion (their founder is Ibn Nusayr).
Surveys suggest Alawites represent an important portion of the Syrian population and are a significant minority in the Hatay Province of Turkey and northern Lebanon. There is also a population living in the village of Ghajar in the Golan Heights. Alawites form the dominant religious group on the Syrian coast and towns near the coast, which are also inhabited by Sunnis, Christians, and Ismailis. They are often confused with the Alevis, a distinct religious sect in Turkey.
In the early 1910’s and 1920’s, over 40,000 (my own estimation) Alawite Shias moved to American as part of a worker scheme by auto manufacturers in the USA (like Ford). These factories, which were mostly in the North refused to hire black people and instead hired Alawite Shias and paid them handsomely. The most infamous person was Wallace Fard (aka Master Fard Muhammad) who was eventually arrested and deported.
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In the book Majmoo al-Fatawa (Compilation of Fatwa), which is a collection of fatwas issued by Ibn Taimiyah published posthumously, volume 35 page 161 we have this passage (translated by myself with my additions in brackets)
The late sheikh was asked:
Of the Druze and Nusayris (Alawites): what is their standing?
He answered: These Druze and Nusayris are unbelievers by the Ijmaa’ of all Muslims, eating their slaughtered meat is not halal, neither is marrying their women; they are not even to pay Jizya; for they are apostates of Islam, neither are they Muslims, or Jews, or Christians, they do not believe that the five prayers are wajib, nor that fasting Ramadan is wajib, nor that Hajj is wajib, neither do they make haram what Allah’s messenger has made haram such as (consuming) carrion and alcohol and others. Even if they say the two shahadas along with these beliefs they are unbelievers by the Ijmaa’ of all Muslims.
Ibn Taiymiyah then goes on to describe the beliefs of Druze and Nusayris (another name for Alawites) and then goes on to say:
Commenting on ousting groups of the Druze:
That they are unbelievers is something that all Muslims agree upon; in fact anyone who doubts that they are unbelievers is an unbeliever like them; they are not in the status of people of the scripture nor the idolaters; for they are stray unbelievers and their food is not halal, their women are to be enslaved, and their fortunes are to be taken away. They are apostate heretics and their repentance is not accepted; they are to be killed wherever they are found; cursed as they are described; and they are not to be employed in guarding or keeping doors or keeping peace. And their scholars and saints must be killed so that they do not lead other astray; it is haram to sleep with then in their homes; and their companionship; and walking with them; and walking in their funerals if you knew about their deaths. And it is haram for the rulers of Muslims to do away with the punishments that Allah has decreed upon them. It is only Allah’s help that is sought and on Him do we depend.
Volume 35 (Arabic) in Google Docs and in PDF
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Links and Related Essay’s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Taymiyya
From 1910 to 1929, Auto Manufactures like Ford refused to hire black people – ahmadiyyafactcheckblog
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