He insults Alawites, the minority offshoot of Shia Islam to which Mr Assad belongs.
Iranians are predominately Shiites while Syria's ruling elite is most Alawite, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
One fruitful offshoot: They established the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library.
They all belonged to Alevis, a Turkish and Kurdish-speaking Shiite offshoot who vastly outnumber Arabic-speaking Alawis.
Nomadics has already devised a waterborne offshoot of Fido called Seapup, a self-propelled minisub.
The defense minister was Christian in a regime dominated by Alawites, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
An offshoot of America's Cleveland Clinic, for example, is being built in Abu Dhabi.
Many of them were Episcopalians, the American offshoot of the official Church of England.
The Brazilian offshoot of worldwide hacktivist group Anonymous is setting its sights on Brazilian banks.
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But suspicion points to a new and virulent offshoot from the al-Qaeda-Taliban nexus, the Ghazi Brigade.
He, among others, suspects that the regime Europe's longest-surviving offshoot of communist times is on its last legs.
Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, of which he is a leader.
Occupy Norwich began on 15 October as an offshoot to the worldwide Occupy movement.
Police are now concentrating on an even smaller splinter fascist group, an offshoot of Combat 18.
Iran and Hezbollah are predominantly Shia, while Mr Assad's Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam.
Texting, surely a gaming offshoot in many ways, has changed the tonality of writing and even talking.
The regime is dominated by Alawites, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, and the opposition is largely Sunni.
Fox Studios Australia, an offshoot of Twentieth Century Fox, is turning Sydney into a leading production centre.
Christmas Decor was started in 1986 by Texas businessman Blake Smith as an offshoot of his landscaping company.
This is an offshoot of easier communication that now allows people and organizations to contribute anywhere, any time.
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Many Americans have encountered a U.S.-based offshoot of the FMLN known as the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13.
There have been various stories over the past few months that an offshoot of the Apple v.
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She received a call from a friend who knew that Surgeons of Hope, an offshoot of Doctors without Borders, needed help.
Alawites, who belong to an offshoot of Shia Islam, dominate the Assad regime.
Her PDI-P, an offshoot of a union between Christian and secular nationalist groups, is seen as dominated by non-Muslims.
You probably also know about some of the offshoot wagers that are available.
And on Tuesday, Delta is launching a low-cost offshoot aimed at Florida-bound travelers.
Syria is a nation with a Sunni majority governed by a minority Alawite, an offshoot sect of Shia Islam.
Nearby, offshoot Base Annex (927 Lincoln Road) specializes in one-off furniture and quirky home accessories in an Alice-in-Wonderland-inspired setting.
This is largely an offshoot of an event -- I use the word "event" somewhat loosely -- last year.
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