Yazidis in Germany

Yazidis in Germany
Yazidi demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate and the Embassy of the United States in Berlin, Germany.
Total population
from 60,000[1][2][3] to 100,000–120,000 [4][5]
Religion
Yazidism (Sharfadin)

Yazidis in Germany may refer to people born in or residing in Germany of Yazidi origin, an ethnic group[6] or Kurdish group[1] who are strictly endogamous.[7][8]

There is a large Yazidi community in Germany, estimated to be numbering around 60,000 - 120,000 people. This makes the German Yazidi community one of the largest in the Yazidi diaspora.

  1. ^ a b Allison, Christine (2014-02-20). "Yazidis i: General". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved October 16, 2014. There are probably 200,000–300,000 Yazidis worldwide.
  2. ^ "Yezidi". Adherents.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2005. Retrieved 2008-03-31. Cites estimates between 100,000 and 700,000 worldwide.
  3. ^ "Yazidis rally in Germany against 'IS'". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  4. ^ Jakob, Christian. "Jesiden in Deutschland: Das Trauma der Vorfahren". die Tageszeitung. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  5. ^ Hür, Kemal. "Die Religion der Yeziden". Deutschlandradio Kultur. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  6. ^ Chapman, Chris; Taneja, Preti (2009). Uncertain refuge, dangerous return: Iraq's uprooted minorities. Minority Rights Group International. p. 8.
  7. ^ Açikyildiz, Birgül (2014-12-23). The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857720610.
  8. ^ Gidda, Mirren. "Everything You Need to Know About the Yazidis". Time. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

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