Yazidis celebrate the Yazidi New Year in the Sinjar Mountain. The Yazidi temple of Quba Pire Ewra (Temple of the Pir of the Clouds) can be seen in the background. (April 16, 2014)
Yazidism in Iraq refers to adherents of Yazidism from Iraq who reside mainly in the districts of Shekhan, Simele, Zakho and Tel Kaif, in Bashiqa and Bahzani, and the areas around Sinjar mountains in Sinjar district.[1][2] According to estimates, the number of Yazidis in Iraq is up to 700,000.[3][4][5] According to the Yazda aid organization, just over half a million Yazidis lived throughout Iraq before August 2014.[6]
^Salloum, Saad. ÊZIDÎS IN IRAQ. p. 23.
^Shammo, Qader Saleem (2018). Yezidis in Iraq : between citizenship and policies of marginalization (1958-2005). Lewiston, New York. ISBN 978-1-4955-0658-1. OCLC 1032015979.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Kizilhan, Jan Ilhan (2016-10-10). Die Psychologie des IS: Die Logik der Massenmörder (in German). Europa Verlag. ISBN 978-3-95890-115-5.
^Sevdeen, Bayar Mustafa; Schmidinger, Thomas (2019-04-16). Beyond ISIS: History and Future of Religious Minorities in Iraq. Transnational Press London. ISBN 978-1-912997-15-2.
^Shafie, Majed El (2012-09-18). Freedom Fighter: One Man's Fight for One Free World. Destiny Image Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7684-8773-2.
^Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Irak: Die verlorene Heimat der Jesiden | DW | 02.08.2018". DW.COM (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-07.
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