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[29] [30] [31] The majority of Yazidis remaining in the Middle East today live in Iraq, primarily in the governorates of Nineveh and Duhok. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] There is a disagreement among scholars and in Yazidi circles on whether the Yazidi people are a distinct ethnoreligious group or a religious sub-group of the Kurds , an Iranic ethnic group .
On August 14, 2007, the Yazidis in Iraq were victims of the 2007 Yazidi communities bombings in Sinjar, which killed 796 people. [9] On August 3, 2014, the Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, killing an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 Yazidis and abducting another 6,000 to 7,000 Yazidis women and ...
The militia was formed in Iraq in 2007 to protect Yazidis in Iraq in the wake of attacks by Sunni Islamist insurgents as the Malik Al-Tawus Troop. [10] The Sinjar Resistance Units took part in the August 2014 Northern Iraq offensive , killing at least 22 fighters of the Islamic State and destroying five armored vehicles in the vicinity of the ...
[2] [8] [9] [5] [15] According to some Yazidi hymns (known as Qewls), God has 1,001 names, or 3,003 names according to other Qewls. [16] [17] In Yazidism, fire, water, air, and the earth are sacred elements that are not to be polluted. During prayer Yazidis face towards the Sun, for which they were often called "sun worshippers".
The following is a list of Yazidi settlements in Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Armenia, including both current and historical Yazidi settlements. Historically, Yazidis lived primarily in Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. [1] However, events since the end of the 20th century have resulted in considerable demographic shifts in these areas as well as mass ...
Hazim Tahsin Beg, current Yezidi leader; Hemoyê Shero, nineteenth century Yezidi tribal leader; Heciyê Cindî, linguist and researcher; Heydar Şeşo, founder and supreme commander of the Yazidi self-defense militia Protection Force of Ezidkhan
This is a list of holy figures (Kurdish: Xudan, Xas, Babçak, Mêr) in Yazidism. [1]There are a total of 365 Yazidi holy figures venerated by Yazidis. [2] Many Yazidi tribes and lineages are named after Yazidi holy figures and there are many temples and shrines built in their honor.
Five years after their lives were torn apart by Islamic State militants, the Yazidis of Iraq are still unable to return home or locate hundreds of their women and children kidnapped and enslaved ...