As salaam alaikum wa rahmatullah, Subhaanallah! I just received a post from a brother who has informed me that President Asad of Syria belongs to the sect known as the 'Alawis, now this is something almost everyone knows. But, how many people know that the 'Alawis consist of four major tribes, the Kalbiyyah, al-Haddadin, al-Matawirah and al-Khayatin. Allah knows best, but how relevant is it that the Sufyani will belong to the tribe of Kalb, which so happens to be one of the tribes of the 'Alawi sect to which the present day rulership of Syria belong.