Alawi Islam in the 11th Encyclopædia Britannica1911encyclopedia.org. ”Among the more plausible explanations is that the name is derived from that of Muhommed ibn Nusair, who was an Isma'ilite follower of the eleventh imam of the Shiites at the end of the 9th century. This view has been accepted by Nosairi writers, but they transfer Ibn Nusair to the 7th century and make him the son of the vizier of Moawiya I. (Yksi uskottavista selityksistä on se, että nimitys on johdettu Muhammed ibn Nusairista, joka oli šiiojen 11. imaamin ismailiittinen seuraaja 800-luvulla. Nusairikirjoittajat hyväksyvät tämän, mutta he sijoittavat ibn Nusairin 600-luvulle ja katsovat tämän olleen visiiri Muawija I:n poika.”
Ghassan Hage: Arab-Australians today: citizenship and belonging, s. 40. Paperback painos Melbourne University Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-522-84979-2. Teoksen verkkoversio.
Kramer, Martin: Syria's '‘Alawis and Shi‘ismmartinkramer.org. ”In their mountainous corner of Syria, the ‘Alawi claim to represent the furthest extension of Twelver Shi'ism.”
Martin Kramer, “Syria’s Alawis and Shi’ism,” in Shi’ism, Resistance, and Revolution, ed. Martin Kramer (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1987), pp. 237–54.
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Lebanese Allawites welcome Syria’s withdrawal as ‘necessary’ 2005The Daily Star. 30 April. Arkistoitu 25.3.2012. ”The Alawis have been present in modern-day Lebanon since the 16th century and are estimated to number 100,000 today, mostly in Akkar and Tripoli. The sect is managed through the Islamic Alawi Union, a council of 600 members that are elected every four years.” Viitattu 16.11.2012.
Lebanese Allawites welcome Syria’s withdrawal as ‘necessary’ 2005The Daily Star. 30 April. Arkistoitu 25.3.2012. ”The Alawis have been present in modern-day Lebanon since the 16th century and are estimated to number 100,000 today, mostly in Akkar and Tripoli. The sect is managed through the Islamic Alawi Union, a council of 600 members that are elected every four years.” Viitattu 16.11.2012.
