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  • In November 2016, two mass graves holding at least 18 Yazidi people were found near

  • Mosul, Iraq.

  • These are two of an estimated 40 such graves authorities expect to uncover as they seize

  • the region back from the Islamic State.

  • Since overtaking large portions of Iraq in 2014, ISIS has systematically killed thousands

  • of Yazidi people, in a reign of terror the UN has called a genocide.

  • So who are the Yazidi people?

  • Well, the Yazidis are a religious and ethnic minority, with as many as 700,000 worldwide,

  • a vast majority of whom live in northern Iraq.

  • Most consider themselves ethnically Kurdish, and speak the language.

  • But while Iraqi Kurds tend to follow Sunni Islam, Yazidis adhere to their own religion,

  • which combines aspects of Islam, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism.

  • It’s difficult to determine how old Yazidism is, many scholars place its origins in ancient

  • Mesopotamia, or the beginning of civilization in what is today Iraq, Syria and Turkey.

  • At around 3000 BC, other religious groups migrated to Iran and India, leaving early

  • Yazidis to settle and form communities.

  • Similar to Christianity and Islam, Yazidism is monotheistic.

  • However it is not Abrahamic, as Yazidis believe in a much older, supreme god, calledYasdan’.

  • According to Yazidi scripture, this supreme deity created the universe, then entrusted

  • it to seven angels, chief of whom is Tawsi Melek, or the peacock angel.

  • Yazidis see Tawsi Melek as an intermediary between man and the divine, and revere him

  • for his independence and ambivalence.

  • In scripture, he refuses to submit to Yasdan, who disavows but later forgives him.

  • This story is often compared to the Quran’s account of Shaytan, or Satan, and many Muslims

  • accuse Yazidis of being devil-worshippers.

  • Their worship of Tawsi Melek is why Yazidis have been the subject of marginalization and

  • violence for hundreds of years.

  • In the 18th and 19th centuries, Ottoman and Kurdish leaders attempted to eliminate the

  • Yazidi minority through forced conversions and mass murder, resulting in at least 72

  • genocides, according to Yazidi scholars.

  • The ethno-religious minority also faced violence under former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein,

  • who targeted ethnic Kurds, among other groups.

  • More recently in 2007, a series of suicide bombings of Yazidi villages killed more than

  • 500 people.

  • Today, the Yazidi population’s greatest threat is the Islamic State.

  • In August 2014 alone, ISIS killed more than 5,000 Yazidi men and abducted roughly 7,000

  • Yazidi women.

  • Their ruthless ethnic cleansing left Yazidi towns completely destroyed, forcing many to

  • flee to other parts of Iraq or even to war-torn Syria.

  • As ISIS has been losing territory, many Yazidis have been able to return to their homes, however

  • thousands still live in refugee camps.

  • As an enemy to many Muslims and a perpetual victim of religious violence, the Yazidi community

  • will likely not see stability any time soon.

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ISISがヤジディの人々を標的にしている理由はここにある (Here's Why ISIS Is Targeting Yazidi People)

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