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The '''persecution of Yazidis by Kurds''' describes the atrocities and massacres of the ] committed by ]. The aim of the Kurds was to force them to Islam.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HNcyAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA187&dq=bedir+khan+beg+yezidis&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR64D5wJbgAhVLZlAKHWdYCRMQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land, and Community in Iraq|last=King|first=Diane E.|date=2013-12-31|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=|isbn=9780813563541|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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Some massacres of the Yazidis committed by Kurds: |
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* In 1414, the Kurds killed the Yazidis in the mountains of Hakkari.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3RNEBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA45&dq=Sindi+Kurds&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjR4OfN8OniAhXD2aQKHQRdDDMQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion|last=Acikyildiz|first=Birgul|date=2014-08-20|publisher=I.B.Tauris|year=|isbn=9781784532161|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> Then the Kurds destroyed the holy temple ] of the Yazidis and desecrated the tomb of ]. Later, the Yazidis rebuilt their temple and the tomb of Sheikh Adi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://de.qantara.de/inhalt/die-religionsgemeinschaft-der-yezidi-weh-dem-der-nicht-ans-hoellenfeuer-glaubt|title=Die Religionsgemeinschaft der Yezidi: Weh dem, der nicht ans Höllenfeuer glaubt - Qantara.de|last=|first=|date=|website=Qantara.de - Dialog mit der islamischen Welt|language=de|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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* In 1832, the Kurdish emir Mohammed Pasha Rawanduz (Mire Kor, the blind prince) with his troops committed a repeated massacre of the Yazidis in ] (modern ]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ezidipress.com/blog/das-khatare-massaker-im-maerz-1832/|title=Das Khatare-Massaker im März 1832|last=|first=|date=|website=ÊzîdîPress|language=de-DE|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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* In 1832, Mohammed Pasha Rawanduz and the Kurdish emir ] (Bedirxan Beg, the prince of Botan) with their troops committed a massacre of the Yazidis in ] (modern Iraq).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3RNEBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA52&dq=bedir+khan+beg+yezidis&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR64D5wJbgAhVLZlAKHWdYCRMQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion|last=Acikyildiz|first=Birgul|date=2014-08-20|publisher=I.B.Tauris|year=|isbn=9781784532161|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FCbspX-dGPYC&pg=PA63&dq=bedir+khan+beg+yazidis&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMou_GxJbgAhWBY1AKHStVDd8Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Kurdish National Movement: Its Origins and Development|last=Jwaideh|first=Wadie|date=2006|publisher=Syracuse University Press|year=|isbn=9780815630937|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> |
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* In 1840-1844, the Kurdish emir Bedir Khan Beg committed a repeated massacre of the Yazidis in the ] region (modern ]). At the Islamic sacrificial festival he slaughtered the Yazidis instead of a sheep.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ezidipress.com/PDF/TheBloodyShadowOfBedirkhanBeg.pdf|title=The bloody shadow of Bedirkhan Beg|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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* In 1915-1923, Yazidis were killed alongside ] during the ] at the hands of the Kurds. More than 300,000 Yazidis were killed. Many Yazidis have also fled to ].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAFeDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA266&dq=yezidis+alongside+armenians&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_6artgOviAhXRZ1AKHZM2DR8Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Kurds: An Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society|last=Maisel|first=Sebastian|date=2018-06-30|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=|isbn=9781440842573|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_gMXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA145&dq=yezidis+armenian+genocide+kurds&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwioje-K_uriAhVBL1AKHXG0DhYQ6AEIMjAC#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Ethno-territorial conflict and coexistence in the caucasus, Central Asia and Fereydan: academisch proefschrift|last=Rezvani|first=Babak|date=2014-03-15|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|year=|isbn=9789048519286|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> |
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== Modern times == |
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* Since 2003, when the Kurds occupied the settlements of the Yazidis in the ], the Yazidis were undergoing a process of ] by the ] (KRG). According to a ] report the Kurdish authorities have used heavy-handed tactics against the Yazidis and some Yazidis were kidnapped and beaten by the KRG.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/11/10/vulnerable-ground/violence-against-minority-communities-nineveh-provinces-disputed|title=On Vulnerable Ground {{!}} Violence against Minority Communities in Nineveh Province’s Disputed Territories|last=Avenue|first=Human Rights Watch {{!}} 350 Fifth|last2=York|first2=34th Floor {{!}} New|date=2009-11-10|website=]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=|last3=t 1.212.290.4700|first3=NY 10118-3299 USA {{!}}}}</ref> |
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* On 3 August 2014 the ]. Many Kurds have joined ISIL.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsItDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT304&dq=many+kurds+joined+isis&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1uKzChOviAhVNPFAKHfAzDIUQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Assyrian Genocide: Cultural and Political Legacies|last=Travis|first=Hannibal|date=2017-07-20|publisher=Routledge|year=|isbn=9781351980258|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> And the genocide could only happen because the Kurdish ] had fled from ISIL and left the Yazidis defenseless.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WRKEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83&dq=peshmerga+fled+sinjar&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisjMC26qbhAhXPJ1AKHfYqDIMQ6AEIJTAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Great Betrayal: How America Abandoned the Kurds and Lost the Middle East|last=Phillips|first=David L.|date=2018-11-29|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=|isbn=9781786735768|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> |
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