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