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As preparations were being made to entomb former Syrian president Hafez al Assad in a mausoleum nearby, a young Imam sat on the steps of the mosque and sighed, before confessing a dangerous theological and political truth.
“As Alawites we’re not Shi’a Muslim you know?…
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