Alevism (Alevilik) ) is a group identity which is variously interpreted as

The size of the Alevi population is likewise disputed, but most estimates place them somewhere between ten and twenty million people, primarily in Turkey.

Alevi worship and other social activities takes place in assembly houses (cemevi). The ceremony (âyîn-i cem, or simply cem) features music and dance (sema) in which both women and men participate. Rituals are performed in Turkish, Zazaki, and other local languages--not in Arabic, as in other Muslim groups.

"Alevi" is generally explained^{[by whom?]} as referring to ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad. The name represents a Turkish form of ‘Alawī (Arabic: علوي‎) "of or pertaining to ‘Alī".

Even though the term Alevi is simply the Turkish derived form of Arabic ‘Alawī, the Arab form of the term today refers to the distinct group of the Arabic-speaking ‘Alawī of Syria.

Alevi used to be grouped as Kızılbaş ("redheads"), a generic term used by Sunni Muslims in the Ottoman Empire for the various Shi'a sects from the 15th century. Many other names exist (often for subgroupings), among them Tahtacı "Woodcutters", Abdal "Bards" and Çepni.^{[citation needed]}

"Deso Dogg", birth name Denis Mamadou Cuspert, is a German former rapper. Since he converted to Islam he began using the name Abou Maleeq.

Deso Dogg was born in Berlin to a German mother and a Ghananian father. The father left his family while Deso Dogg was a baby. In 1995 he began his rap career. In 2010 he ended his rap career.

After he converted to Islam, "Deso Dogg" became a singer of German language nasheeds. German officials say that his videos and speeches contain inflammatory rhetoric that promotes violence.Guido Steinberg has stated that Dogg's music "support[s] a radicalisation process."