The Êzidis are a heterodox Kurdish community whose homeland is Kurdistan. The majority of Êzidis (ca. ½ million) live in Iraqi Kurdistan, ca. 5.000 in Syria, ca.1.000 in Turkey, ca. 100.000 in Russia, Georgia and Armenia, ca. 45.000 in Germany and about 40.000 Êzidi live in the rest of the world.

struggle against the new current of democracy
    Pîr Mamo Othman
According to the etymology of the word RELIGION; it means "to tie, or to bind" and is originated from the Latin word "religare". Some other scholars believe that the term is connected with the word "relegere" which means " to read over again " .

(BBC) -- The bomb attacks in northern Iraq on Tuesday targeted the Yazidi sect - a vulnerable religious minority. People in the area are due to vote on whether to come under the control of the Kurdistan Regional Government later this year. Two Yazidis reflect on the bombings and why they happened.

AFP
ANKARA, 12th June 2007 - - Turkey's main Kurdish rebel outfit offered a renewed ceasefire to the government Tuesday if it agreed to end army operations against the group, a Kurdish news agency reported.

It is indeed an honour to be invited to celebrate the Yezidis New Year
with you. This is year 6756 in the Yezidis calender. The Yezidis are an
ancient and proud people from the heart of Mesopotamia, the birth place
of civilization and the birth place of many of the worlds religions.

the supreme secular and spiritual leadership of the Yezidi community A letter written by the Yezidi Congregation in the German Federal State of Hessen to the supreme secular and spiritual leadership of the Yezidi community, concerning the pogrom-type attacks of February 14 and 15 in the area of Sheikhan in Southern Kurdistan, near the Yezidi central shrine.

By Ralph Peters
International borders are never completely just. But the degree of injustice they inflict upon those whom frontiers force together or separate makes an enormous difference?

In accordance with the principles of democracy and self-determination, we, the Kurdish students in Europe, would like to participate in the negotiations between the EU and Turkey in the form of an appeal to the EU. We believe that we should be involved in shaping our own future and need to articulate this clearly from the very beginning.

Safe in the Kurdish haven of northern Iraq, but still only 50 km north of war-torn Mosul, lies Lalish, the Yezidi Kurds? holiest shrine. Visiting this particular site, tantamount to the Catholics? Vatican or Muslims? Mecca, had become an obsession since I first came across Yezidi Kurds back in the summer of 2004. I met them in their Yailas (summer encampments) on the slopes of Mt. Aragats, Armenia?s highest peak, which consisted of a handful of green Soviet Army tents, one for each family, where they spend the summer with their cattle. Despite the temperature climbing above 40 celsius down in Yerevan, the animals were grazing Armenia's freshest pastures between snow patches; a remarkable example of the so called "Vertical Nomadism". Like most Armenian Kurds, these shepherds were Yezidi too, descendants of those who had left the hilly north of Iraq several centuries ago escaping from the Arabs? oppression. They shared their cheese and their knowledge about their religion with me, and it was they who first pointed me in the direction of Lalish.

Dr.Mamou Othmau

Yezidis are a small group. They mainly live in North Iraq. Some of them live in Turkey, Armenia, Yemen and Iran. About thirty thousand of them imigrated to Germany, because of bad conditions in Turkey. Despite all troubles they have encountered in their past, they have succeeded to survive. Their survival both in terms of religion and society among mountains has the basic struggle for peace and humanity. The Middle East region has had many religions and sects. One of them is Yezidism and it has many different as well as common aspects with the others, Islam, Christianity etc. Their survival for centuries and their interesting religion have attracted many Westerners? attention. The most stressed idea in these Westerners? writings and recent researches on them is that Yezidis are a religious Kurdish group, which has survived for thousand years in the nature and has an original religion that has many aspects emerging from the natural sources.