Jazidi

Jazidi (također Jezidi, kurdski: Êzidîtî ili Êzidî, arapski: يزيدي ili ايزيدي) su sljedbenici najmanjeg od tri ogranka jazdanizma, srednjoistočne religije koja potiče od zoroastrizma.

Jazidi su uglavnom po etničkoj pripadnosti Kurdi, a većinom žive u regiji Mosula na sjeveru Iraka. Postoje i zajednice na Transkavkazu, Turskoj i Siriji, ali su se one smanjile od 1990-ih, najviše zbog emigracije u Evropu, pretežno Njemačku.

Vanjski linkovi

• Yazidis in Encyclopaedia Iranica
• Yezidiism, Alternative Religions profile at About.com
• An Inquiry into the Religious Tenets of the Yezeedees by George Percy Badger (1852)
• Devil Worship: The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidiz by Isya Joseph (1919)
• Peacock Angel: Being Some Account of Votaries of a Secret Cult and Their Sanctuaries by E.S. Drower (1941)
• Yezidism: Its Background, Observances and Textual Tradition by Philip G. Kreyenbroek (1995, ISBN 0-7734-9004-3)
• Shaikh ‘Adi, Sufism and the Kurds, by Dr. Zourab Aloian
• Al-Hallaj in Kurdish Tradition, essay on al-Hallaj, presented by Dr. Zorab Aloian at the 35th International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Budapest, July 1997
• Being Yezidi, on Yezidi identity politics in Armenia, by Onnik Krikorian, first published by Transitions Online (2004)
• Lost in Translation, interviews with Yazidi by Michael Yon in Yezdinar Village, Iraq (June 6, 2005)
• The Beginning of the Universe, photos and a description of Yezidi life in Lalish, Iraq by Michael J. Totten (February 22, 2006)
• Armenia: Yezidi Identity Battle by Onnik Krikorian in Yerevan, Institute for War & Peace Reporting (2 November 2006)
• Yezidi Web (via the Wayback Machine)
• Gunmen kill 23 members of Yazidi religious minority