Yazidis

The Yazidi (also Yezidi) are a Kurdish ethnoreligious group with Iranian peoples roots, originally from Yazd province. They are a separate branch of the Abrahamic religion tree. Their religion blends monotheism with Zoroastrianism and the religions of ancient Mesopotamia. Infant boy circumcision and Infant baptism are practised.^[1][2] The Yazidis live in the Nineveh province of northern Iraq, alongside the Christian Assyrians. In Asia, there are other Yazidi communities in Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkey, and Syria. Still, they have been fewer since the 1990s, with most of their members emigrating to Europe, mainly Germany.^[3][4]

1. ↑ Nicolaus, Peter (2016). "Yezidi Circumcision and Blood-Brotherhood (Including the Circumcision of the Dead)". Iran and the Caucasus. 20 (3–4): 325–345. doi:10.1163/1573384X-20160305.
2. ↑ "History of the Yezidi - the Ultimate History Project". Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
3. ↑ Reeves, Bob (2007-02-28). "Lincoln Iraqis call for protection from terrorism". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
4. ↑ Shields, Sarah (August 2001). "NELIDA FUCCARO, The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq, Library of Modern Middle East Studies, vol. 14 (London: I. B. Tauris, 1999). Pp. 246. $55 cloth". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 33 (3): 463–465. doi:10.1017/S0020743801293064. ISSN 1471-6380.