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The '''persecution of Yazidis by Kurds''' describes the atrocities and massacres of the ] committed by ]. Sometimes, during these massacres, the Kurds tried to force them to convert 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> Almost the whole Yazidi population were nearly wiped out by massacres carried out by Kurds.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd8lAQAAMAAJ&q=The+Yazidis+were+nearly+wiped+out+by+massacres+carried+out+by+Kurds.&dq=The+Yazidis+were+nearly+wiped+out+by+massacres+carried+out+by+Kurds.&hl=de&sa=X&redir_esc=y|title=Genocide in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire, Iraq, and Sudan|last=Travis|first=Hannibal|date=2010|publisher=Carolina Academic Press|year=|isbn=9781594604362|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIB5qT9sGnwC&pg=PA248&dq=The+Yazidis+were+nearly+wiped+out+by+massacres+carried+out+by+Kurds.&hl=de&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Historical Dictionary of Iraq|last=Ghareeb|first=Edmund A.|last2=Dougherty|first2=Beth|date=2004-03-18|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=|isbn=9780810865686|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> |
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] in ] is named after the Yazidi leader Ali Beg who was killed there in 1832 by the Kurdish prince Mohammed Pasha Rawanduz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/explainer-who-are-the-yazidis|title=Explainer: Who are the Yazidis?|website=SBS News|language=en|access-date=}}</ref>]] |
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== History == |
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Some massacres of the Yazidis committed by Kurds: |
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* In 980-981, the Kurds surrounded the Yazidis in the ] region and killed most of them. Some Yazidis were captured and forced to Islam.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.edcorrigan.ca/articles/yezidis-new-year-6756.pdf|title=YEZIDIS NEW YEAR 6756|last=Corrigan|first=Edward C.|date=April 7, 2006|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>{{verification needed}} |
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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 1585, the Kurdish leader Ali Saidi Beg from ] and his soldiers killed more than 600 Yazidis in ]. Then the Kurds raped many Yazidi girls and women.<ref name=":0" />{{verification needed}} |
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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 1832, a Yazidi leader was killed by the Kurdish emir Bedir Khan Beg in Shekhan area. Then the Kurds invaded the villages of the Yazidis and destroyed them. They have killed many Yazidis. By an attempt to escape, many Yazidis have going into the ] river. Those Yazidis who could not swim were kidnapped by the Kurds. Then the Kurds give them the option to convert to Islam or to be killed.<ref name=":0" />{{verification needed}} |
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* In 1833, the Yazidis were attacked in the ] region by the Kurdish emir Mohammed Pasha Rawanduz and his soldiers. About 500 Yazidis were killed in the ] by them.<ref name=":0" />{{verification needed}} |
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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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecoi.net/de/dokument/1419199.html|title=Anfragebeantwortung zum Irak: Lage der JesidInnen, insbesondere in der Provinz Ninawa |last=Documentation|first=Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and|date=2017-10-02|website=www.ecoi.net|language=de|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kurdistantribune.com/the-shengal-yezidi-conundrum/|title=The Shengal Yezidi Conundrum|date=2016-12-15|website=The Kurdistan Tribune|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.assyriatv.org/yazidi-hr-activist-imad-haji-kurdish-betrayal-yazidis-assyrians/|title=Yazidi HR-activist Imad Haji on Kurdish betrayal of the Yazidis and Assyrians|last=admintv|date=2018-12-06|website=Assyria TV|language=sv-SE|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zI74CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT122&dq=yazidis+kurdification&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRp8SHqPTiAhVllFwKHbn9DWcQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Education and Ethno-Politics: Defending Identity in Iraq|last=Shanks|first=Kelsey|date=2015-11-19|publisher=Routledge|year=|isbn=9781317520429|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> 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=|quote=In one incident, Kurdish intelligence officers arrested two Yazidi activists, Khalil Rashu Alias and Wageed Mendo Hamoo, in May 2007. The two told Human Rights Watch that Kurdish authorities imprisoned the pair for almost six months and tortured them for resisting what they called the Kurdish colonization of their territory in Sinjar.|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><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://de.euronews.com/2014/10/05/auch-die-kurden-sind-gegen-die-jesiden|title=Auch die Kurden sind gegen die Jesiden|last=|first=|date=|website=de.euronews.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-06-19}}</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><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ezidipress.com/en/the-betrayal-of-shingal/|title=The betrayal of Shingal|last=|first=|date=2015-08-07|website=ÊzîdîPress - English|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/jesiden-und-kurden-im-irak-waffen-fuer-die-falschen-1.2106836-2|title=Waffen für die Falschen?|date=2014-08-29|work=sueddeutsche.de|access-date=2019-06-19|language=de|issn=0174-4917}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.dw.com/de/jesiden-sie-haben-uns-im-stich-gelassen/a-18635538|title=Jesiden: "Sie haben uns im Stich gelassen" {{!}} DW {{!}} 08.08.2015|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|website=DW.COM|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref> |
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