There is a Yazidi temple called Ziarat in the village of Aknalich in the region of Armavir. In September 2019, the largest Yazidi temple in the world called "Quba Mere Diwane", was opened in Aknalich, just a few meters from the Ziarat temple.

Yazidi accounts of the creation differ significantly from those of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), since they are derived from the Ancient Mesopotamian and Indo-Iranian traditions; therefore, Yazidi cosmogony is closer to those of Ancient Iranian religions, Yarsanism, and Zoroastrianism.

2025年2月19日 · Yazidi, member of a Kurdish religious minority found primarily in northern Iraq, southeastern Turkey, and northern Syria.

2024年3月13日 · Almost ten years after ISIS’ genocidal attack in northern Iraq, members of the Yazidi community still face challenges as they seek justice, reunite with family members and attempt to rebuild ...

2024年2月24日 · The Yazidi people have appeared only briefly on the international media radar during the West's battle with ISIS. Their religious faith remains shrouded in mystery.

2019年6月24日 · Yazidism is considered by its adherents to be the oldest religion in the world and the first truly monotheistic faith. The Yazidi calendar states that the religion, as well as the universe, is almost 7,000 years old, which is 5,000 years older than the Gregorian Calendar and 1,000 years older than the Jewish calendar.

2014年8月7日 · Due in part to its secrecy, there have been misunderstandings that the complex Yazidi faith is linked to Zoroastrianism with a light/dark duality and even sun worship. Recent scholarship, however...

2014年8月11日 · As thousands struggle to survive in the mountains and others press into Kurdish-held territory, Yazidi leaders warn of an existential threat to the long-persecuted group.

The Yazidi (also Yezidi) are a Kurdish ethnoreligious group with Iranian peoples roots. They are a separate branch of the Abrahamic religion tree. Their religion blends monotheism with Zoroastrianism and the religions of ancient Mesopotamia. Infant boy circumcision and Infant baptism are practised.

Yazidi refugee children from Sinjar in Newroz Camp, Al-Malikiyah District, August 2014, after the Sinjar massacre. Ruins of the Yazidi shrine of Mam Rashan in Sinjar mountains after its destruction by the Islamic State. The persecution of Yazidis …