Yezidi
Jezidi
The Yezidi belong to a religion with roots back in the times preceding our era, in Mithraism, the teachings of the Persian sage Zoroaster, and in the old nature religions. There are almost one million Yezidi, half of them in Northern Iraq with others in Turkey, Syria, Georgia, Armenia, Iran and Europe. All Yezidi are Kurds. The religion is based on oral traditions, and is threatened both from within and from the outside.