Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers 1997. 255pp., STILL IN PUBLISHERS SHRINK WRAP, IN OUR OWN INVENTORY AND READY TO SHIP. Product Description This volume of essays deals with Islamic sects in the Near East such as the Alevis (Turkey), Druzes (Libanon), Alawis (Syria), Ahl-i Haqq (Iran, Iraq) and Shabak (Iraq).