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Bookmark or Share- Yazidism - WikipediaYazidism, [a] also known as Sharfadin, [b] [7] [8] [9] [10] is a monotheistic ethnic religion [11] [12] [13] [14] that originated in Kurdistan [15] and has roots in a western Iranic pre-Zoroastrian religion directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. [16]
- Yazidis | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of ReligionOne of the world’s most endangered religious minorities, the Yazidis are a predominantly Kurdish-speaking group numbering some 500,000 souls, who once inhabited a wide area stretching across eastern Turkey, northern Syria, northern Iraq, and western Iran.
- Yazidi | History, Culture, & Religion | BritannicaYazīdī, member of a Kurdish religious minority found primarily in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, northern Syria, the Caucasus region, and parts of Iran. The Yazīdī religion includes elements of ancient Iranian religions as well as elements of Judaism, Nestorian Christianity, and Islam. Although scattered and probably numbering only ...
- Who Are the Yazidis, the Ancient, Persecuted Religious Minority ...Most Yazidis are Kurdish speakers, and while the majority consider themselves ethnically Kurdish, Yazidis are religiously distinct from Iraq's predominantly Sunni Kurdish population. Yazidism is ...
- Yazidis - WikipediaYazidis, also spelled Yezidis ( / jəˈziːdiz / ⓘ; [24] Kurdish: ئێزیدی, romanized:Êzidî ), [25] [26] are a Kurdish -speaking [23] endogamous [27] [28] religious group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran.
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