* Alevis do not perform Wudu, the ritual ablutions of Muslims.
* Alevis do not have mosques, they have their own ceremonial halls called Cemevi.
* Alevis in Turkey see Ataturk as a kind of [[Mahdi]], a divine emanation along the lines of Haji Bektash Veli. His portrait is hung up besides Ali in Cemevis and in many homes and businesses.
* Men and women pray together in the same room without partition.
* Alevi leadership does not follow the same model of Muslims, instead they have Dedes and Babas. Ismailis have Mukhi and Kamadia.
