How many Yazidis were killed?

Kurdistan Region estimated in December 2014 that the total number of killed or missing Yazidi men, women and children from Sinjar since August amounted to around 4,000. A 2017 report by the PLOS Medical Journal estimated between 2,100 and 4,400 deaths and 4,200 to 10,800 abductions.

What happened to Yazidi?

The genocide led to the expulsion, flight and effective exile of the Yazidis from their ancestral lands in Upper Mesopotamia. Thousands of Yazidi women and girls were forced into sexual slavery by ISIL, and thousands of Yazidi men were killed.

What happened in the year 712?

It was in 712 when a shipwreck with the wives and children of Arab traders sailing from Sri Lanka to Mecca caused them to ground in the Gulf of Debal. They were captured and presented before the Hindu king, Dahir of the Chach dynasty . When this news was received by Hajjaj, the Arab governor of Iraq, he became furious.

Who are the Yazidi people, and what are their beliefs?

Also called Yezidi, Daasin, or Ezidi, the Yazidi are a Kurdish-speaking ethnoreligious community based in Northern Iraq who practice a syncretic religion influenced by pre-Islamic Assyrian traditions, Sufi and Shiite Islam, Nestorian Christianity, and Zoroastrianism.

What do the Yazidis believe?

Yazidis believe that the world was created by God, who entrusted it to seven angels led by one known as the Peacock Angel, also called Melek Taus. Melek Taus is the primary figure in the Yazidi belief system, as he filled the earth with flora and fauna.

What is the Yazidi religion about?

The Yazidi (also Yezidi) are a ethnoreligious group with Indo-Iranian roots. They are a separate branch of the Abrahamic religion tree. Their religion blends monotheism with Zoroastrianism and the religions of ancient Mesopotamia.

Are Yazidis Christian?

The Yazidi are a small religious group with roots in ancient Mesopotamia . They have a syncretic religion, one that blends elements of several traditions, including Zoroastrianism from ancient Persia, Christianity and Islam. They revere both the Christian Bible and the Quran . They are peaceful, no threat to anyone.