Paper short abstract:

This paper examines the different issues that are brought into question when it is decided to codify the practice of Alevi religious traditions so that they may be taught in schools, particularly in Germany and Austria.

Paper long abstract:

This paper discuss issues which have emerged during the course of a longitudinal study of migration from Anatolia to Europe, in this instance the way that Alevi traditions can be codified for teaching in the respective schools in their host countries, particularly in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The issue is complex in multiple ways, as there is no establish consensus as to the historical basis of the Alevis, nor of their texts. Is it possible to present a different way of creating lessons or a curriculum that might help with this question?