Yazidis

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The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority primarily from northern Iraq, known for their distinct syncretic faith centered on the worship of Melek Taus (the Peacock Angel) and for having faced severe persecution, including recent genocidal attacks by ISIS.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Yazidi Kurds 0 1

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mosul ethnicGroup Yazidis
Yazidism hasAdherents Yazidis
northern Iraq hasEthnicGroup Yazidis
subject surface form: Northern Iraq
this entity surface form: Yazidi Kurds