Selam Aleykum.
I read many posts about Alawi about what they believe about Imam Ali (as).
I read that Alawi believe that Ali is God. I am Arap Alawi/alevi. I am from Syria. I can assure the people here who are reading this, that we do NOT believe that Imam Ali is God. There is only 1 God, no other. La Illahe iIlAllah.
Some people might say: But all they talk about is Ali. This might be so, but didnt our prophet (saw) say: Ya Ali, Whoever loves you has loved me, whoever hates you has hated me. i am the city of knowledge and ali is its gate.
Muhammed (saw) and Ali (as) resemble