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[5] [10] [11] The religion of the Yazidis is a highly syncretistic one: Sufi influence and imagery can be seen in their religious vocabulary, especially in the terminology of their esoteric literature, but much of the mythology is non-Islamic, and their cosmogonies apparently have many points in common with those of ancient Iranian religions. [1]
Yezidis of Tur Abdin had a strong tribal structure and were active participants in the political affairs. One of the largest attacks took place in 1844, when Bedirkhan sent a large army to force Yazidis into accepting Islam, those who refused were captured and killed. Seven Yezidi villages converted to Islam out of fear. [114]
Yazidis believe that Tawûsî Melek is not a source of evil or wickedness. [8] [9] [10] They consider him to be the leader of the archangels, not a fallen nor a disgraced angel, but an emanation of God himself. [8] [9] [10] The Yazidis believe that the founder or reformer of their religion, Sheikh Adi Ibn Musafir, was an incarnation of Tawûsî ...
Large tracts of land were given to Ajeel al-Jawar, a tribal chief of the Shammar near the Sinjar mountain. As a result, Yazidis readily supported any movement which was against the Iraqi government. [7] In 1941, Yazidis supported the pro-German movement led by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani against the pro-British authority in Iraq. When the "National ...
In 1324, Abu Firas Ubaydullah ibn Shibl noted that Yazidism emerged as a religion independent from Islam, and claimed that Adawiyya had been reincorporated in Yazidism, stating that the newer Yazidis had adopted the beliefs of the older "ignorant Adawi Yazidis", who were "misled by Satan who whispered to them that they must love Yazid, to such ...
Sinjar town’s main Sunni Muslim district remains a stretch of rubble; the occupants have not returned, facing hostility from their former Yazidi neighbors who view them as IS collaborators.
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Only Yazidi women who are virgins and who have chosen a chaste and ascetic life can be accepted as members of this women's order. The Fakra are responsible for the maintenance of the Yazidi temple Lalish. Kebanî ("mistress of the house") is called the head of the Yazidi women's order. [16]