Pictures of Muslims across the Islamic world - History Forum ~ All Empires

Yes, they can be Muslim when both the protestant and the catholic sects agree that mormons are christian too

D.J. Kaufman
Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when youd have preferred to talk.

To be honest, I don't now about Allawis that much except that at the begining the sect was considered to be a cult not only by Sunnis, but also Shias.

An interesting Article published in the BBC which I cannot recall its title, talked about how the Syrian government ,which is predominently Allawis, are encouraging common sunni practices in order to bring back the Allawi sect to normal Muslim stream and to gain more acceptance in the Syrian sunni society.

D.J. Kaufman
Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening ... when youd have preferred to talk.

Allawis of Syria and Turkmen Alevis are totally different sects in beliefs. But they are both Muslims. Anatolian Alevis are called so because of their beliefs about Hz. Ali, not because they're any related with the Syrian ones. They are originally Kizilbash and Bektashi Turkmens.

And Anatolian Alevi sect is a distinct sect of Islam, not only a cult.

Tunisians

Berbers

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actually what u call Indonesians are consist of hundreds etnich whom all of them had different language, culture and some time phisyc,

and some of those etnich not Muslim at all, such as Badui,Balinese,Dayak,Timorese and some etnich divide between Muslim and Christian such as Ambonese,

but yeap Most etnich with biggest number are Muslim though such as Betawi,Sunda,etc

here some pics of etnichs in Indonesia whom are almost 100 % Muslim

Sundanese,The Sundanese people (33 million strong in 1998) inhabits the province of West Java and Banten.,here Sundanese in weding ceremony

Betawi,The Betawi people (3.5 million strong) inhabits the DKI Jakarta province and its surrounding suburbia

betawi orchestra

lenong, Betawi traditional drama

Madurese,The Madurese people (16.7 million strong) live on the island of Madura off East Java, Sapudi Islands, and northern part of East Java.

Acehnese,The Acehnese people (4 million strong) inhabits the northern and southern coastal areas of Aceh province in nothern tip of Sumatera.

Batak Angkola

Minang,"Every Minang belongs to his of her mothers descendance, and the ricefields as well as the longhouses (rumah gadang) belong to the females."
Western Sumatera is the habitat of about four milion Minangkabau (normally called Minang), an energic population which is known all over Indonesia for their strong relations, it's sharp mind of trading, hot kitchen and strong believe in islam.

The Minangkabau are organised in female relates clans (suku), and in every village, a number of suku has power. Traditions told there were only four clans, but over the time they got separated, and now there are about twenty-five, everyone with it's own name. In every village a few suku havepower.
The suku, again, are parted in different descendance groups or paruik (lit. uterus), which consist of descendants from a single ancestral mother. The suku and descendance groups were only allowed to marry people outside their own clan of group of descendance. This relational structure is no longer important for younger Minangkabau, especially those who moved outside the area, and is slowly disappearing.