> Note to Prof Avineri: Syria, Israel's next door
> neighbour, has been ruled by a Shia minority
> for almost 50 years.
Not quite. The Asad family are Alawites. Like the Shi'a, they revere Ali, but at least until the '70s -- when the elder Asad changed some tings in Syria -- they were not even considered Muslims by either Sunnis or Shi'ites.
Correct?
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