ˈælɐlˈɑːwi wʌz kɹˈɪɾɪkəl ʌv bˈoʊθ fˌʌndəmˈɛntəlˌɪst ɛkstɹˈiːmɪzəm ɪn ɪslˈɑːm æz wˈɛl æz sˈɛkjʊlɚɹˌɪst mˈɑːdɚnˌɪzəm, tˈɪpᵻfˌaɪd ɪn tˈɜːki baɪ kˈɛməl ˈæɾɐtˌuːək.
Al-Alawi was critical of both fundamentalist extremism in Islam as well as secularist modernism, typified in Turkey by Kemal Atatürk.