Ancient monotheistic religion of the Yazidis
This article is about the religion. For the people, see
Yazidis .
Yazidism ,[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] It is followed by the mainly Kurdish -speaking Yazidis and is based on belief in one God who created the world and entrusted it into the care of seven Holy Beings, known as Angels .[7] [17] [18] Preeminent among these Angels is Tawûsî Melek (also spelled as Melek Taûs ), who is the leader of the Angels and who has authority over the world.[7] [18] [19]
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