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The ʿAlawi “practice of secrecy involves a do-not-talk-it proscription” (Bellman, 1984, p. 144). This proscription, grounded in ʿAlawi cosmology and biological differences between men and women, has created the basis for the socio-religious organisation of the community. That is to say, the Turkish ʿAlawi community is divided between those who know the secrets and those who do not.
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Tümkaya, E. (2024). ʿAlawism through Women’s Eyes. In: Migrant Lives. J.B. Metzler, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68448-1_4
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