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Persecution of Christian minorities climaxed following the Syrian civil war and later by its spillover but has since intensified further. [4] [5] [6] Christians have been subjected to massacres, forced conversions, rape, sexual slavery, and the systematic destruction of their historical sites, churches and other places of worship.
After some Kurdish tribes became Islamized in the 10th century, they joined in the persecution of Yazidis in the Hakkari mountains. [3] [12] Due to their religion, Muslim Kurds persecuted and attacked the Yazidis with particular brutality. [3] [2] [12] [13] Sometimes, during these massacres, Muslim Kurds tried to force the Yazidis to convert to ...
The Yazidi residents of Sinun in northern Iraq who returned home faced many challenges. Following ISIL's retreat from Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the region during late 2017 campaigns, both governments laid claim to the area. The Yazidi population, with only about 15% returning to Sinjar during the period, was caught in the political crossfire.
Yazidis fled to the heights to escape IS, as they have done in past bouts of persecution. In Sinjar town, the district center, soldiers lounge in front of small shops on the main street.
The estimated 400,000-strong Yazidi community in Iraq is a Kurdish minority whose faith combines elements of Christianity, Zoroastrianism and Islam. Six years on: Yazidi survivors see 'only empty ...
At the height of that persecution, 10 years ago, Islamic State group militants ravaged the Yazidi population in the Sinjar district, slaughtering hundreds of men, forcing thousands of women and ...
In modern times, Yazidis face persecution particularly by ISIS. [43] ... Attacks by Bedir Khan Beg and persecution of Yazidis and Christians. Between 1840 and 1844, ...
Fahad Qassim was just 11 years old when Islamic State militants overran his Yazidi community in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq in August 2014, taking him captive. The attack was the start of ...