Original sentence: The Alawi, also known as Alawites, Nusayris or Ansaris, are a Middle Eastern sect of Shi'a Islam prominent in Syria.Theologically, Alawites today claim to be Twelver Shi'ites, but traditionally they have been designated as "extremists" (Arabic: غلاة ghulat) and outside the bounds of Islam by the Muslim mainstream for their high level of devotion to Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib
Edited sentence: The Alawi, also known as Alawites, Nusayris or Ansaris, are an independant Middle Eastern sect of  Islam<ref>"In their mountainous corner of Syria.Theologically, Alawites today claim to be \Shi'ites, but mainstream shias denounce them as heretics and blasphemours.traditionally they have been designated as "extremists" (Arabic: غلاة ghulat) and outside the bounds of Islam by the Muslim mainstream for their high level of devotion to Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib