re: #178 CuriousLurker

From what I hear, the Alawites tend to have some beliefs that do not fit with Mainstream Islam as viewed today. There have been reports of Alawites celebrating Palm Sunday and the Nativity.

To me, they seem to be religious isolate from a way-bygone era, much in the same way the Copts are Miaphysites compared to the Chalcedonian Christians who make up the majority of Christians today.

Both are fascinating. Living museums in fact.