Yazidi Religion

Yazidi Religion

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Yazidis celebrating in August 2018 after the mass genocide of ISIS in Iraq which lead to their displacement from their hometowns and fled for their lives through Kurdistan region.
Yazidis are indigenous, ethno-religious people of Kurdish regions with most of them inhabiting Northern Iraq.

Numerous Islamic groups have targeted them in the last century. The most recent was carried out in 2014 by ISIS, which caused the genocide of at least 5000 Yazidis and the abduction of 7000 Yazidi women.

Iraqi Yazidis light candles and paraffin torches outside Lalish temple situated in a valley near Dohuk, northwest of Baghdad, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year. The Yazidis, who number about 1.6 million, commemorate the arrival of the light into the world during the celebration.
An Iraqi Yazidi lights candles and paraffin torches outside Lalish temple situated in a valley near Dohuk, northwest of Baghdad, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year. The Yazidis, who number about 1.6 million, commemorate the arrival of the light into the world during the celebration.
Yazidis celebrate their New Year in Dohuk, Iraq. The ceremony started in Lalish Temple, the main Yazidi temple (60 km northern Mosul city in Shekhan town), and the candles are lit in all the corners of the Temple. They kiss Baba Sheikh’s (spiritual leader) hand and walk to the area which makes 365 fire for a year. The New Year Celebration is special and it has a historical indication for Yezidis that refers to Yezidi civilization and existence.
Yazidis celebrate their New Year in Dohuk, Iraq. The ceremony started in Lalish Temple, the main Yazidi temple (60 km northern Mosul city in Shekhan town), and the candles are lit in all the corners of the Temple. They kiss Baba Sheikh’s (spiritual leader) hand and walk to the area which makes 365 fire for a year. The New Year Celebration is special and it has a historical indication for Yezidis that refers to Yezidi civilization and existence.
Yazidis celebrate their New Year in Dohuk, Iraq. The ceremony started in Lalish Temple, the main Yazidi temple (60 km northern Mosul city in Shekhan town), and the candles are lit in all the corners of the Temple. They kiss Baba Sheikh’s (spiritual leader) hand and walk to the area which makes 365 fire for a year. The New Year Celebration is special and it has a historical indication for Yezidis that refers to Yezidi civilization and existence.
Yazidi women hold a candle outside the Temple of Lalish, in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk, northwest of the capital Baghdad. during a ceremony marking the Yazidi New Year. – The Yazidis, who number about 1.6 million, commemorate the arrival of light into the world during the new year celebrations.
Iraqi Yazidis light candles and paraffin torches outside Lalish temple situated in a valley near Dohuk, northwest of Baghdad, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year. The Yazidis, who number about 1.6 million, commemorate the arrival of the light into the world during the celebration.
Iraqi Yazidis light candles and paraffin torches outside Lalish temple situated in a valley near Dohuk, northwest of Baghdad, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year. The Yazidis, who number about 1.6 million, commemorate the arrival of the light into the world during the celebration.

Yazidis celebrate their New Year in Dohuk, Iraq. The ceremony started in Lalish Temple, the main Yazidi temple (60 km northern Mosul city in Shekhan town), and the candles are lit in all the corners of the Temple. They kiss Baba Sheikh’s (spiritual leader) hand and walk to the area which makes 365 fire for a year. The New Year Celebration is special and it has a historical indication for Yezidis that refers to Yezidi civilization and existence.
Iraqi Yazidis stand outside Lalish temple, situated in a valley near Dohuk, northwest of Baghdad, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year. The Yazidis, who number about 1.6 million, commemorate the arrival of the light into the world during the celebration.
Iraqi Yazidi pepole attend the funeral of Baba Sheikh Khurto Hajji Ismail, supreme spiritual leader of the Yazidi religious minority, in the Iraqi town of Sheikhan, 50km northeast of Mosul, Iraq’s Yazidi minority laid to rest their spiritual leader today as tributes poured in for the man who guided his flock through the horrors of Islamic State group occupation. Baba Sheikh Khurto Hajji Ismail died late yesterday at the age of 87, his office said.
Iraqi Yazidis stand outside Lalish temple, situated in a valley near Dohuk, northwest of Baghdad, during a ceremony to celebrate the Yazidi New Year. The Yazidis, who number about 1.6 million, commemorate the arrival of the light into the world during the celebration.
Baba Shaikh, supreme spiritual leader of the Yazidi religious minority arrives to participate in a ceremony to celebrate Charshama Sor (Red Wednesday), the Yazidi New Year at Lalish Temple, the holiest shrine of the Yazidis, in Lalish village, Kurdistan region, northern Iraq, The Yazidi New Year annually falls on the first Wednesday of April. The temple contains the mausoleum of Sheikh Adi bin Musafir, the 12th-century founder of Yazidism. Iraq has the biggest population of Yazidis worldwide.
Iraqi Yazidi people surround the casket of Baba Sheikh Khurto Hajji Ismail, supreme spiritual leader of the Yazidi religious minority, during his burial in the town of Bozan, 40km northwest of Mosul, Iraq’s Yazidi minority paid its last respects to its spiritual leader as tributes poured in for the cleric, who guided his flock through the horrors of Islamic State group occupation and its aftermath.
Yazidis celebrate their New Year in Dohuk, Iraq. The ceremony started in Lalish Temple, the main Yazidi temple (60 km northern Mosul city in Shekhan town), and the candles are lit in all the corners of the Temple. They kiss Baba Sheikh’s (spiritual leader) hand and walk to the area which makes 365 fire for a year. The New Year Celebration is special and it has a historical indication for Yezidis that refers to Yezidi civilization and existence.
Yazidi refugees people are sitting and playing cards at a teahouse in Shariya, Most of them are from Sinjar and around Sinjar and now more than 4 years are staying here inside Shariya camps and rent house far from their original area.
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