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Alevi communities in Western Europe: Identity and religious
(10,626 words)

1 Introduction

Aleviness1 has become a Western European phenomenon. Today, Alevi organisations exist in Austria, Belgium,2 Denmark, France, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland—not to mention Australia,…

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Elise Massicard, “Alevi communities in Western Europe: Identity and religious”, in: Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Online, Edited by: Stephanie Müssig, Egdūnas Račius, Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Jørgen S. Nielsen, Oliver Scharbrodt. Consulted online on 25 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2588-9737_YMEO_ANA_02200901>
First published online: 2018



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