http://www.martinkramer.org/sandbox/...is-and-shiism/

I didn't read it full but the part about Lebanon and their links to Lebo shias is simply baffling!

The covenant was sealed in a Tripoli hotel in July 1973. In a public ceremony, Musa al-Sadr, in his capacity as chairman of the SISC, appointed a local Alawi to the position of Twelver mufti of Tripoli and northern Lebanon.