The Nusayri-'Alawis: An Introduction to the Religion, History and Identity of the Leading Minority in Syria

The changes in the political alliances in post-civil war Lebanon dictated a shift in the uncompromising Maronite propaganda, from the Druze, with whom they have since established closer relations, to the Syrians, who are now viewed as the main obstacle in the way of full Lebanese independence. [...] divulging the secrets of the Nusayri faith" has become a tool in the fight against Syrian influence in Lebanon, resulting in a set of ten volumes of religious texts by some of the most prominent figures from the ninth to the fourteenth centuries ce., the "golden age" in Nusayri history.