On the other hand, Al-Assad "declared the
Alawites to be nothing but
Twelver Shiites". In a paper, "
Islamic Education in Syria", Landis wrote that "no mention" is made in Syrian textbooks (controlled by the Al-Assad regime) of
Alawites,
Druze, Ismailis or
Shia Islam;
Islam was presented as a monolithic religion.
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