Yazidis

E217225

ethnoreligious group religious minority

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.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Yazidis canonical	33
Yazidi community	4
Yazidi	1
Yazidi Kurds	1
Yazidi clergy	1
Yazidi people	1
Yazidi religious council	1
Yazidi women	1
Yazidis in the Caucasus	1
Yazidis traditionally avoid insults against Melek Taus	1
Yezidis	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnoreligious group ⓘ religious minority ⓘ
alternativeName	Yazidis ⓘ surface form: Yezidis Kurdish language ⓘ surface form: Êzidî
associatedWithRegion	Kurdistan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Iraq ⓘ
diasporaCommunityIn	Germany ⓘ Russia ⓘ Sweden ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
doNotPractice	religious conversion into the community ⓘ
ethnicLanguage	Kurdish ⓘ
experiencedEvent	2014 Sinjar massacre ⓘ 2014 genocide by ISIS ⓘ
holySite	Lalish temple complex ⓘ surface form: Lalish Temple
holyValley	Lalish ⓘ
mainDeity	Melek Taus ⓘ
marriageRule	endogamy ⓘ
nativeRegion	Sinjar ⓘ surface form: Mount Sinjar Nineveh Governorate ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ surface form: Northern Iraq Sinjar ⓘ surface form: Sinjar region
persecutedBy	ISIS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Ottoman Empire ⓘ
populationCenter	Lalish ⓘ Shekhan ⓘ Sinjar ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Kurmanji ⓘ surface form: Kurmanji Kurdish
recognizedAsGenocideBy	European Parliament ⓘ United Nations investigations ⓘ surface form: United Nations investigative bodies
religion	Yazidism ⓘ
religiousCalendar	Newroz spring festival ⓘ surface form: Yazidi New Year (Çarşema Sor)
religiousLeadership	Baba Sheikh ⓘ Mîr (prince) ⓘ
religiousPractice	baptism ⓘ circumcision ⓘ fasting ⓘ pilgrimage to Lalish ⓘ
religiousTradition	monotheism ⓘ
sacredTextStatus	primarilyOralTradition ⓘ
selfIdentificationDebate	distinct from Kurds for some members ⓘ subset of Kurds for some members ⓘ
significantPopulationIn	Armenia ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
socialStructure	caste-like system ⓘ
veneratedFigure	Melek Taus ⓘ Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

northern Iraq → hasEthnicGroup → Yazidis ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Iraq

Yazidism → hasAdherents → Yazidis ⓘ

Newroz spring festival → observedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi Kurds

Mosul → ethnicGroup → Yazidis ⓘ

Nineveh Governorate → ethnicGroup → Yazidis ⓘ

Yazidis → alternativeName → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yezidis

Nineveh Plains → ethnicCommunity → Yazidis ⓘ

Nineveh Plains → historicallyInhabitedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

Sinjar → historicalRegionOf → Yazidis ⓘ

Sinjar → populationGroupAssociated → Yazidis ⓘ

Sinjar → victimGroupOfAtrocities → Yazidis ⓘ

Shekhan district → ethnicCommunity → Yazidis ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

Shekhan district → religiousCommunity → Yazidis ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

Shekhan district → hasMinorityGroup → Yazidis ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

Shekhan district → religiousSignificanceFor → Yazidis ⓘ

subject surface form: Shekhan District

Yazidi diaspora in Europe → hasEthnoReligiousIdentity → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi

Mishur (oral religious tradition) → associatedWith → Yazidis ⓘ

subject surface form: Mishur

this entity surface form: Yazidi clergy

Lalish → usedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

Lalish → sacredTo → Yazidis ⓘ

Lalish → associatedWith → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi religious council

Lalish → protectedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi community

Melek Taus → worshippedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

Melek Taus → prohibition → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidis traditionally avoid insults against Melek Taus

Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir → hasFollowers → Yazidis ⓘ

Sultan Ezid → veneratedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

Sheikh Fexredin → honoredIn → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi community

Mîr (prince) → community → Yazidis ⓘ

Cejna Cemaiya (Feast of the Assembly) → isObservedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

subject surface form: Cejna Cemaiya

2014 Sinjar massacre → target → Yazidis ⓘ

2014 Sinjar massacre → victimGroup → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi women

Sheikh Shams → worshippedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

Sheikh Sejadin → veneratedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

Sheikh Sejadin → culturalContext → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi community

Syrian Democratic Council → includesReligiousGroup → Yazidis ⓘ

Sheikh Nasir ad-Din → veneratedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

Baba Sheikh → appliesTo → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi community

Baba Sheikh → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Yazidis ⓘ

Iraqi people → ethnicComponent → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidi people

West Azerbaijan Province → hasMinorityGroup → Yazidis ⓘ

Duhok → hasEthnicCommunity → Yazidis ⓘ

Sheikh Obekr → veneratedBy → Yazidis ⓘ

Urfa region → religiousGroupHistoricallyPresent → Yazidis ⓘ

Iraqi diaspora → hasEthnicOrigin → Yazidis ⓘ

Iraqi diaspora → hasReligiousComposition → Yazidis ⓘ

Diyala Governorate → hasReligiousCommunity → Yazidis ⓘ

Peoples of the Caucasus → hasSubgroup → Yazidis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yazidis in the Caucasus