Episode #1 - What is Alevism?
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2020
- The School of Alevism is a UA-cam channel, dedicated to enlighten curious minds who have an interest in learning more about Alevism. We will share views from scientists, writers, community leaders, dede’s and ana’s - enabling you to learn from all angles. Want to know more about Alevi beliefs, rituals, poetry and history?
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This first episode is an introduction to Alevism. It is the first of our series explaining the principles of Alevism. In our next episode we will go further in detail on topics such as Cem, Semah, 12 Services etc. Interested to know more? Keep watching this space!
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Written & Presented by: Ali Arslan
Filmed & Edited by: Serenay Yilmaz
Produced by: Esin Erbil
Production Assistant Team:
Burcin Boran
Erbil Erbil
Destiny Karakus
Ugur Boran
Ergin Erbil
Oznur Bingol
Tolga Aramaz
Mert Gurgur
Davut Ağbaba
Special thanks to Britain Alevi Youth Federation (BAYF).
Great video couldn’t have been simpler to understand the basics. Look forward to see the next episode. Emegi geçen tüm canlarımızı kutluyorum.
Çok önemli bir çalışma ,doğru bilgi ancak bu şekilde verilebilirdi, emek verenleri yürekten kutluyorum,heyecanla bütün bölümleri bekliyorum
You guys are amazing! Thank you very much for this - this was very much needed!! And more people need to know about it.
Yolunuz açık olsun❤️❤️
Thank you guys for all the effort that has been put in this video and channel. Really looking forward to what is coming! Keep up the good work, it’s really appreciated! 😊
teşekkürler this is really helpful and hoping these videos continue!
Thank you for making such a brilliant video series.
Thank you so much for this channel.❤️
What a video, thank you guys for this quality content about our culture⚡️
çok şık. tebrikler. gözlerinizden öperim, gençler.
Well done this is a great video👍
You've done a great job. Thank you for all your efforts
Devamını bakliyoz!! Süpersiniz
This is so good, thank you!
Well explained👍
Thank you for making this!
Amazing video 🥰😍
Great work! 👏 👏
Great video 👍🏼
Great video very informative 👍🏽
Thank you very much!!!! Greetings from Germany ❤️
This channel believes in a splinter of alevism called ishikim they seek to separate alevism from islam.
@@tanhai261 alevism is not islam!!!
@@umut01ttr Yes it is your not even alevi
@@tanhai261 no its not. It a different religion all together.
@@kazan2081 no alevism is not its own religion we are muslim
Alevism = To be a kind person to others .(Human , Animal ,Ecosystem...)
Alevism = Humanism
Not islam
@@Omarrah3214 before Islam.. first Religion...
In Pakistan and India, the descendants of the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad are called Sunni Shia Salafis (Awans). In India, Pakistan is not the Alawite religion, but the identity of the ethnic community
@@TheOzTube Islam is the first religion
@@AbuInayaAl-Athari-po3yj Islam is a set of actions that those that submit to a creator do, Islam (Aslama Submission/Surrender/Obey/Sincerity/Peace) over time the message got corrupted, and all the prophets claimed that a Muhammed will come with a preserved message, and that is the REMINDER (Qurán) bringing people back to the original path.
Thank you for this! Can’t wait to share it with my friends 😊
Mükemmel bir anlatış!
Excellent video. Followed!
I am not fluent in English or Turkish
Is it possible to send me a text that I can translate with Google translator?
I am very interested to know about Alavit
Thank you so much!!!
Great job! Emeğinize sağlık gençler
Proud Turkmen, proud Alevi ❤️
May Allah Protect You From Evils
Hazrat Muhammad saw and Iman Ali Alhissalam Protect you.🙏❤
Eww 🤢
🧿🇹🇷❤️
I'm a turk born and raised in kommotini Greece . My father is sunni and my mother is alevi but I feel closer to alevi shia Islam.
Does alevi Prays?
I wish there were Turkish subtitles or Turkish version of this series, so my mom who can’t speak English can watch
So what is the answer of the questions you asked at the Beginning?
Great Job. Congratulations.
Thanks for this great job! Just for the sake of terminology, it is better to use the word "gate" instead of "door" when describing the path
Almanca altyazı da istiyoruz lütfen. Başarılar. Kolaylıklar. Hizmetleriniz Hak katında kabul ola!
Bravo 👏
Short but good knowledges. Hope somebody who expert about Alewism is going to share a video on UA-cam in English more.
Alevism is in my eyes the best religion
It’s so modern and so Free
It’s freedom
I love being a Alevi❤️❤️
😅😅🤣🤣
In Pakistan and India, the descendants of the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad are called Sunni Shia Salafis (Awans). In India, Pakistan is not the Alawite religion, but the identity of the ethnic community
Güzel ve anlamlı bir giriş olmuş. Özellikle Türkçe'ye tam hakim olmayan çocuklarımızın ve diğer toplumlardan olan dostlarımızın yolumuzu, inancımızı daha iyi ve doğru şekilde tanımalarına katkı sağlayacaktır. Bundan sonraki bölümlerin daha kapsamlı ve uzun olmasını ümit ediyorum Emeği geçen herkese teşekkür ediyor ve çalışmalarında başarılar diliyorum. Aşk ile.
Biz Müslümanız
In Pakistan and India, the descendants of the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad are called Sunni Shia Salafis (Awans). In India, Pakistan is not the Alawite religion, but the identity of the ethnic community
Harika iş tebrik ederim
Thank you ❤️
I want to learn about Alevism.
Finally
Awesome video and much love from the Kurds
Simple and nice🤍
Insan i kamel meaning in Arabic (the complete person), and Hakika is the truth.
In Syria there's a mountain named Jabel Alarbain (mountain the 40) is it related?
Türkçe alt yazılı yayınlamanız mümkün mü ?
En kısa zamanda eklemeye çalişacağız!
@@schoolofalevism Türkçe altyazı ekleyin hadi
Güzel bir Calisma gencler,
Eger Bilimsel ve Tarihsel destege yardimda ihtiyaciniz olursa. Yardimci olabiliriz...
I am a sunni this is great set i like it
Can u open the last door via LSD?
I have left comments for you before and in poor taste in hindsight, I think what your channel teaches us is a gift of sorts to anyone personally invested in the faith, in my case I recently had a very intense and frightening personal experience that I have interpreted as both a particularly severe crisis of faith where my ego let me call myself "Alevi" as someone completely outside the faith and culture, however, for my sake and for global alevism's sake I am compelled to a compromise where I would like to ask a leader in my country for ahit in exchange for my practicing in private a variant specifically for my own culture with nothing stolen or compromised, if you think you could be of help, I respectfully ask that someone else please respond to this comment privately. Thanks, canım a
Çok sevgiyle 🤟
❤️❤️❤️
Fransızca altyazı ekleseniz çok hoş olur. Emeğinize sağlık :)
I want to you..I read your comment ...e deyis
Ekli zaten
I want to know alevis and alawatis is Same faith
Does It exist the divorce in alevism?
Yes, divorce is allowed.
I don't want to offend anyone but Alevism to me seems like a reformed version of Islam(I know there's way more to it then that, but I'm talking the visual aspect). You look at an Alevi service and there's WOMEN and men together, singing and moving, there's so much happiness radiating off of it!! People need to spread more info on Alevism. So awesome. You look at a typical Friday at a Mosque and everyone is so serious, almost to the point they look angry or unhappy. God wants us to be relaxed and happy. I bet Muhammed,(PBUH) was smiling and happy during prayer.
Janissaries of the ottomans empire were alevis.
It seems more anti-Islam. The prophet Mohammed stated just before his death that the religion is complete now and Allah stated this in 5:3. Nothing in those 4 minutes that I just watched has anything to do with what Allah has taught us…
It’s fine if you want to believe this, but don’t attach/connect it to Islam.
@@mohammed9w553no Bektaşi, don't talk Arab of things you don't know, go to your videos
Is Alevi classed as a sect of Islam alongside Sunni, Shia and Ibadi?
No, Alevism is a completely independent belief system.
Didn't really clarify anything.
It's like therapy with extra steps...
❤
So similar to Hinduism... 4 stages of life...1) brahmacharya 2) grihastha 3) vanaprastha 4) sanyasa lead to nirvana or moksha
It is normal since Alevism is formed and inspired by many religions and shamanic beliefes. Peace
that’s amazing. i never made that connection
Are alevi and bektashi the same ?
For those that live in modern day Turkey that is true, but there are some notable differences between Balkan Bektashi and Anatolian Bektashis
Are there converts to Alevism?
Yes.
No it's not allowed!
All I want to know is what Alevi’s believe in, like do they consider themselves Muslim or not? If so do they identify as Shia? Do they accept prophet Muhammad as the last messenger etc? I can’t find consistent or clear answers for any of these.
Why can't you find tho? You can just google the term "Alevism" and check wikipedia for "consistent and clear answers". There is a well written article on there. This video and channel is spreading fake Alevism which is full of contradictions. This view is the byproduct of the last 40 years' leftist political movement. We call them "the so called Alevis" as they are Alevis only in name but not in reality.
They do not. Alevis are not Muslims, and will never be Muslims. They're using our Muslim religion as a cover for their heterodox, confused doctrines, who have no tangible consistency. For example, a Muslim has a basic understanding of what it means to be a Muslim, while the Alevi have different understandings wherever you go. One Alevi priest will not give you the same answer as another Alevi priest.
No Alevis are not Muslim. We don’t even believe in Mohammed, we don’t think he was a prophet.
@@LaNa-sz2gb
We know that already. What we don’t know is what and who you believe in. Why the secrecy, huh? Got something to hide?
@@azmhyr Weren't the janissaries of the ottoman empire alevis ?
So i still wondering? Are u considering alevism part of islam????
Hi, no, Alevism is not a part of Islam.
Aleviism has been influenced by Islam and has taken on a few aspects, but the religion's origins are way older than islam.
And by older I mean at least two thousand years older than islam.
This video has been made for someone who has very basic knowledge on Alevism. But for someone who knows absolutely nothing about the religion it is not very understandable. For instance, What is "Hakk" ? or what does it mean "becoming one with Hakk". These are the most important questions that need to be answered FIRST when trying to explain what is Alevism to someone who has absolutely no clue about it. Only afterwards the 4 gates 40 steps concept should be explained.
Hakk comes from the Arabic word "Haq" meaning "Truth." It's an Alevi name for god
@@SonofSethoitae No we say ilah or allah its haq is one of the name of god.
@@tanhai261 Ah, Mea Culpa. There isn't much good, first-hand information about Alevis in English
@@SonofSethoitae I see allah is commonly used as we are muslim haq is used interchangeably as god is truth
Our other episodes explain these terminologies and everything they need to know. So of course if someone is completely new to Alevism, it's obvious they should watch all the episodes that come out.
Proud alevi from turkiye and lebanon❤
There aren't alevi in Arab race such as Lebanon.
Do you guys worship Hazrat Ali(as)?
Hi This is a great lie that spread by wahabists against all Shia sects.
No Idolating... Alevi practice Islam too, but not the old way of Sunnah, and also not the reformed way of Muawiya's Sunnah mixed with Islam too, Sunnism is not Islam, Mohammed was given a death sentence for going against the old way, he had to flee Mecca to Medina after trying to give women their rights etc..
Mohammed said "I am Ali and Ali is me, we are one of the same, he who follows me follows Ali" and so Ali was his successor, the first Apostle of Islam, but the Sunni rejected him and the 12 Apostles.. it's not about "Worshiping Ali", it's about following through with the Instructions.. Originally Mohammed had promised his aunt when she was pregnant that her son will be Apostle, but she had to first earn it by showing strength, she was challenged to a wrestle, she managed to win, and so Ali would be strong too, worthy of being Apostle..
In "Battle of the Camel", Ali with 200 men fought a battle against Muawiya who had 800 Men, 300 of which retreated, and of the remaining 500 a few hundred switched sides, Ali was able to sword fight 17 men at a time, their blood would splatter on his face, and when he would wipe his eyelids, it would look like he was wearing a red bandana on his forehead (That's where the term "Red Forehead Rebels" come from later on during the Sunni /Shia division)
Ali and Muawiya were left one on one, 2 generals challenged to duel... Ali was victorious, as if a "courageous lion" had possessed him... But right before the final death blow, Muawiya spat into Ali's eye, and had it been a weapon, Ali would be dead, so Muawiya earned the right to live and Ali forgave Muawiya for the crimes against Muslims
Sunnis and Muslims united as one...
3 Kharjite brothers (the bad guys from the children story "Ali Baba and the 40 thieves") Plotted to Assassinate Ali, Muawiya, and Abbas (Ali's little Favorite son from his 2nd wife out of 9 wives that he had), though Abbas was never in line to become an Apostle.. The first brother took out Ali, then Muawiya knew that he was next, and so attacked the Khajites in advance, he was victorious, but he couldn't kill them, he allowed them the right to live as Ali had done for him, he convinced the brothers to convert to new reformed Sunni & Islam combo..
Afterwards the rest is history, Muawiya convinces 2nd Apostle (Ali's son Hasan)s wife to poison him through food in order to marry Muawiya's son Yazeed, she does, but Muawiya lied and she got scammed, then Muawiya's son Yazid orders that 3rd Aposle (Ali's son Hussein) be taken out, General Omar writes a fake letter saying that his people accept Hussein as Apostle, come take the Caliphate etc, Hussein with half brother Abbas get ambushed in Iraq, Hussein asks for water (Like Peter and Jesus etc) but Omar refuses, he chops off Abbas's hands at the wrists while Hussein watches, then with remaining energy Abbas clamps camel hide water bottle between wrists and brings water to his big brother Hussein, then Omar makes Abbas watch as he beheads Hussein.. For this reason All Muslims including Sunni Branches hate the Yazidi tribe, they went too far, it unites Muslims except for Saudi, they still use the name "Yazeed" on their newborns, it is like calling someone Adolf Hitler, and a Nazi, very offensive.. but the west supports Saudi and the Yazidi..
Hussein's head was carried on a sword tip from Iraq to the gates of Egypt all covered in flies, the people Cheered! with Glee
The Alevi were originally converted to Sunni Islam, but later they learned the truths, and accepted the Shia path, Alevi = Flame, fire is the symbol of righteousness, stay on the right path and don't anger that force and end up burning (hell etc)
As an Iranian Shia, it seems to me that Islamic and Persian mysticism (Erfan) has heavily influenced Alevism. Even some of your basic terms are Persian:
Pir (The old and wise)
Rehber (The leader)
Ensane Kamel (complete human)
Absolutely there are many overlaps and cultures have influenced each other in the region for centuries.
It is because Shia is a sub branch of Alevism
Those words are shared between nations pir in kurdish means both old men and leader rehber same in kurdish means rébar and insan kamil is arabic for complete humen being
if you take deep research you will surely find out, that todays alevis took huge influence to bring shia islam to iran under the safevi state of shah ismail hatayi
Ya Xızır To Esta ♥️☀️💚⚔️
Is one born an Alevi and can one become an Alevi?
You don't have to be born Alevi :)
And is Kizilbash a nickname or are you guys really descendants of the Kizilbash army of the Safavid Empire?
only problem is that he didnt explain what is alevism XDDD he just talk about these doors, and didnt tell anything about their teachings
Cuz there is no meaning there. These are just buzzwords, no one has any idea what these doors are, what they do, and frankly, where these doors are. Alevi doctrine is confused, and therefore, their believers are confused as to who they are.
Alevism is a religion in itself and sounds like it has nothing to do with islam but contradictory as it mentions Allah and Muhammed but has no scriptures.
Can i can become alevi?
Yes you can
You dont have to bro. An Alevi, already accepts you as his or her brother, because that only you are a human. Alevism=a kind of humanism in a religious way
Alevis respect and value all humans. We are humanists. If you want to start the Alevi path you should go to a Alevi Cultural Centre in your country.
@@ergnBMT
You ostensibly forgot that you have to be born Alevi, and you cannot become one.
No, lol. Alevis are an endogamous society that only accept their own.
Yıllardır bir sürü alevi türkücüyü dinlerim. 22 yaşındayım ve çocukken bana saçma sapan şeyler anlattılar, hem de ailem çok modern olduğu hakkında. İnsan aleviliği öğrendikçe ona aşık oluyor.
Nice accent :)
Great video!
However I believe instead of using turkish terms to name the “doors” or stages, more accurate terminology could have been used- are these stages actually recited in Turkish when mentioned in the books? Let us not associate Alevism with the Turkish culture- it should be accessible to everyone.
Its sufi stages a google search can easily answer you to attain the perfect human which is to surrender to god
I really didn’t catch what are you trying to say?
Alevism has history that goes back to 1000 years ago. All names shaped in those years and there isn’t only Turkish words Arabic and Persian as well.
And Main population who believes alevism are Turkmen.
`it should be accessible to everyone.`
You can only become an Alevi, if you're born to an Alevi. You cannot convert to Alevism.
Is it true that the alevis can only marry alivis like them??
Not true :)
It certainly sounds like a religion.
Greetings to Avelis community.
Brother, How can I get in touch with one of school Of Avelism members.
me who is an alevi watching this video for no reason
well im an alevi :D
I'ma proud sunni to death but I love you alevites may Allah protect alevites
(Hakikat, kapi )
Is it Made in Turkeye🙄😢
I don't believe you answered the question! As an Alevi this video has me more confused. You would have done better just by saying what the word Alevism or Alevi means, what part of the world and what time period they are from. Are they Turkish? because you are using Turkish words. Does it have anything to do with Islam, with paganism?
Please watch our latest videos to get a better understanding.
Ya Ali 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Ya Maula Ali Madad ( alaihissalam) 🙏🏴❤
ALEVITES LIVES MATTER
Sounds like Sufi Islam to me right?
No
Yes
Yeah its pure Sufism.
No. Alevism is 6,000 years old. It existed before Islam. However there are a lot of similarities.
The main difference is that Alevis believe in universal divine energy (similar to pantheism).
@@ergnBMT How come you say "no"? Though I am not leading, I am a proud member of an Ocak. I have heard and been taught knowledge that is accumulated for hundreds of years. You guys are mixing things so bad that makes us thought that you are ill. For God's sake, we are no similar to pantheism. It is a great contradiction to our path.
Alvis are not muslims.
I think they are Twelver Shia.!!!!
No
@@kazan2081 Nah, Alevism is an umbrella term. Shia is just a sub branch of Alevism.
No. Alevism is 6,000 years old. We believe in Hak (universal divine energy). Alevism has no dogmatic beliefs and no special book.
However, Alevism was influenced socially by 12 Imam so Alevis respect 12 İmam and we fast during Muharrem Matem and we observe Asure.
@@ergnBMT How come you say "no"? Though I am not leading, I am a proud member of an Ocak. I have heard and been taught knowledge that is accumulated for hundreds of years. You guys are mixing things so bad that makes us thought that you are ill.
The Alevis-Bektashis believe in the Koran but reject the Hadith and believe that there is only one God, that Muhammad and his messenger and that Ali is his saint. They circumcise their children and celebrate most Islamic holidays. However, they do not do the 5 prayers a day, nor Ramadan, nor the pilgrimage to Mecca nor anything of that sort. Those who do so are either Sunnis or Shiites. Alevism is the Suffi and mystical path of Islam and only the Suffi path. This means that they have completely abandoned the external rites of Sunni Islamic orthodoxy, that is to say all external visual practices. They want to go to the essential and live only for the ardent love of God. In the Quran, God says: “We are closer to him (man) than the vein in his neck. "So for the Alevis God is not cut off, is not isolated from man, sitting high on his throne. God is everywhere! including in man and in Nature.
Alevism advocates the love of God but also the unity of man with God. The Alevis believe that man, but also everything that exists, has a divine part. Once dead they go neither to hell nor to heaven but they join god and are one with God. Alevism is the love of God and therefore of man and nature. In this sense, Alevism has always defended the weak and the oppressed and has always opposed injustice. Alevism holds all men but also men and women equal because everyone has a divine part in them and therefore they are all equal. This is why during the Cem gathering, women and men participate together in the semah
Is adultery allowed in alevinism
Why dont you folow sunnah if you declare you as a muslim
Alevism is not Islam. Alevism has existed for more than 6,000 years. You must respect our beliefs. Alevis respect all people and all religions.
Alevi people shouldn't consider themselves Muslim so they wouldn't be dumb comments like this one
Laqnat Allah alaikum…
I guess alevism is a mix between tengrism and islam.
is not true Islam and tengrism is something between.
Show me one thing that Alevism has in common with Tengriism.
@@azmhyr well okay in the past of the Turkish history they the Turkish people was living in yurts that's why in tengrism and also alevism they sitting in circles and second the turnalar semahi is connected with the central Asian mythology and culture handling in tengrism.
@@Frieden543
In tengriism people did not dance, only the shaman did, and he did it with only the drum. This was also done with animal sacrifice and various other forms of pagan rituals that were based on exorcisms of evil spirits. Alevism has none of these beliefs.
@@azmhyr I saw it in the mittle was a fire and the believers of the tengrism was circling it and the shaman was praying.
@@Frieden543
Yeah, the "circling" isn't a dance of some sort, nor does the shaman have to do that each time he enters a trance. IF you look at shamans in the Altai and Buryatia today, their form of doing "magic" has nothing to do with the rituals of the Alevis.
Well where’s the explanation of Alevism? Are you scared to tell people that Alevism also a part of Islam? That’s ridiculous though..
Alevism is not islam in any way. Actually it has no tangential point with any islamic branch.
It is a complete different religion with a complete different history.
@@Efendi_Bass Then why do Alevi people read Qur'an? Why do the names of Allah Ali and Muhammed mentioned in their worship? If you knew the meaning of ‘Alevi’ you wouldn’t have written this comment.
@@Frida58
These are circumstantial arguments.
This doesn't mean alevism is islam.
Many religions on this planet considers quran a holy script and Muhammad a prophet. Is this amazing in an Islamic country?
This is just episode 1.
Follow all episodes and you'll find the answer.
@@Frida58 This video and channel is spreading fake Alevism which is full of contradictions. This view is misleading people as it is the byproduct of the last 40 years' leftist political movement. We call them "the so called rootless Alevis" as they are Alevis only in name but not in reality.
@@Efendi_Bass I already know what the answer is as I said Alevism is part of Islam it just has a different path. No one says Protestantism or Orthodoxy are separate religions because they’re different interpretations of Christianity. So it’s the same thing with Alevi, Sunni and Shia. Is it that hard to understand?
Creating sects in Islam is totally haram. There is only one religion Islam givin by Allah through his Messenger. And we should not create new sects in it. May Allah guide us all ❣️
why they dance,,,, this is not the Islamic way to worship
Wtf is this
This is Alevism :)
They are not muslims they go agains the quran,prophet and much more
May allah Guide them to the straith path
Alevism is not a part of Islam
Not true you cant learn to become a pir or dede you can only be born as pir or dede. Alevis cornerstone is the welaya of Ali (afther death of Mohammed ali was the legitimate succesor as head of all moslims) and the esoteric (Batini) explanation (tavil) of the Qoran. Semah is the dance of the 40 man during the mihraj of Mohammed and has nothing to do with the sun. Sema and 4 doors are also a part of many sunni sufi orders
This is the heresy of the ottoman empire , freemason like heresy 😂