regions, many Yazidis sought refuge in Western countries. Recently, some Yazidis have returned to their home villages in Turkey. The 2014 Yazidi genocide that...
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creature Lucifer or Shaitan and they consider the Yazidis 'devil worshippers'. ISIL does not consider Yazidis as People of the book or eligible for Dhimmi...
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Yazidis in Armenia (Armenian: Եզդիները Հայաստանում; Kurdish: Êzîdiyên Ermenistanê) are Yazidis who live in Armenia, where they form the largest ethnic...
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Yazidism (redirect from Yazidi religion)
of the Yazidis as "devil-worshippers". Persecution of Yazidis has continued in their home communities within the borders of modern Iraq. Yazidis, however...
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The persecution of Yazidis has been ongoing since at least the 12th century. Yazidis are an endogamous and mostly Kurmanji-speaking minority, indigenous...
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article: Mishefa Reş The Yazidi Black Book (Kurdish: Mishefa Reş) is one of two books written in the style of a holy book of the Yazidis in their native Kurmanji...
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foreigners began studying Yazidis in the 1850s, they believed that the Yazidis had sacred books and thus tried to find them. While Yazidis do have sacred books...
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counselling for asylum seekers. Yezidi National Union ULE Yazidis in Germany Nineveh Plain List of Yazidi organizations "About us". Ezidische Akademie. Retrieved...
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list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily...
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Tawûsî Melek (category Yazidi mythology)
centuries of violent religious persecution of the Yazidis as "devil-worshippers". Persecution of Yazidis has continued in their home communities within the...
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There is a social organizational structure in the Yazidi community. There are three main castes, namely the Mirids, the Sheikhs, and the Pirs. Furthermore...
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Qahtaniyah bombings (redirect from 2007 Yazidi communities bombings)
building up in the area, particularly between Yazidis and Sunni Muslims (both Arabs and Kurds). Some Yazidis living in the area received threatening letters...
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2007 "Top-15 Beautiful Kurdish and Yazidi Women". Nineveh Governorate List of Yazidi settlements Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL List of Yazidi organizations...
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Nadia Murad (category German Yazidis)
faced by Yazidis nearly five years after the 3 August 2014 attacks. She laid out a "five-point plan of action" to address the challenges Yazidis face in...
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Sinjar massacre (category Persecution of Yazidis by ISIL)
Şengalê) marked the beginning of the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL, the killing and abduction of thousands of Yazidi men, women and children. It took place in...
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Destroying the soul of the Yazidis" (PDF). Rashid International. Retrieved 22 December 2020. "After ISIS Genocide, Yazidis Need More Than Remembrance"...
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Sinjar Alliance (category Yazidi organizations in Iraq)
majority of Yazidis found safe passage through a corridor into Iraqi Kurdistan, provided by the YPG, PKK, HPS and the newly formed YBŞ. The Yazidis are a group...
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Yazidi literature is literature produced by the Yazidi people. Although Yazidi literature has traditionally been primarily oral, many Yazidi texts have...
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Yazidis in Germany may refer to people born in or residing in Germany of Yazidi origin, an ethnic group or Kurdish group who are strictly endogamous....
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(majorly Shia populated) regions of Iraq. The Yazidis of Jabal Shingal constituted the majority of Iraqi Yazidi population - the third largest non-Muslim...
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People's Protection Units. ANF (24 November 2018). "Yazidi House becomes umbrella organization of Yazidis in Rojava". Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê. ANF English...
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of Yazidis from Bashiqa gathered in the street to protest the killings. Qahtaniyah bombings, later that same year in August 2007 Genocide of Yazidis by...
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The celebrations start on the eve of Wednesday, i.e. Tuesday evening (Yazidis believe 24 hours of the day start at sunset), eggs are boiled and coloured...
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ISIL-linked violence. The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL has led to the expulsion, flight and effective exile of the Yazidis. The 2016 Karrada bombing killed...
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There are a total of 365 Yazidi holy figures venerated by Yazidis. Many Yazidi tribes and lineages are named after Yazidi holy figures and there are...
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Lalish (category Yazidi holy places)
the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith. The temple is above...
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Pêkhateya Êzidî) is a Yazidi political party in Iraq. The party represents Yazidis in the Nineveh Governorate. It has retained one seat in the Council of...
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Kurds and Yazidis are counted as separate ethnic groups in Armenia (on the relationship between Yazidis and Kurdish identity, see Yazidis#Identity)....
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Sinjar (category Yazidi populated places in Iraq)
genocide of Yazidis by ISIL. The genocide was enabled partly as a result of the Peshmerga flight from the ISIL offensive, which left the Yazidis defenseless...
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Duhok (category Yazidi populated places in Iraq)
include Assyrians, Yazidis and Arabs. The city also hosts tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), most of whom are Yazidis and Assyrians...
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