Celebrate diversity! “Before the pizzeria murder, Somali sought asylum in Austria,” translated from “Vor Pizzeria-Mord suchte Somalier noch in Österreich um Asyl an,” by René Rabeder, Exxpress, September 9, 2022 (thanks to Medforth): On August 19, the Somali Abi R. (22) attacked the Iraqi refugee Nayyef A. (32) for no apparent reason. He pursued his […]
Yezidi captive of ISIS is rescued
Wafaa Ali Abbas, 21, was rescued yesterday from Al-Hool camp in Syria. She is from Kocho village in Sinjar. She was kidnapped in 2014 and rescued from lsIamic State (ISIS) captivity in Al Hool camp in Syria after eight years. Wafaa is one of the girls who fell victim to ISIS on August 15, 2014. […]
The Iraqi Government Continues to Neglect the Survivors of the Yezidi Genocide
In mid-June, during a Turkish bombing raid on Sinjar in northern Iraq, a young girl ran away screaming at everyone to save her little brother. Her tears were shed in fear for her younger brother Salah, who fell victim to the Turkish air strike. Salah was a victim of the Yezidi genocide that continues to […]
Eight years later, the Yezidi genocide is still ongoing
The genocide resulted in the expulsion, flight, and effective banishment of the Yezidis from their ancestral land in Upper Mesopotamia. Thousands of Yezidi women and girls were forced into sexual slavery by the Islamic State (ISIS), and thousands of Yezidi men have been killed. Infant children were separated from mothers and killed by ISIS, whose mothers […]
The situation of Yezidi survivors of the Islamic State’s genocide in Iraq
“I have taken on the role of father and mother to my younger sisters,” says Yezidi survivor “Hala Safeel,” who lives with her family in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Hala Safeel fled from the grip of the Islamic State (ISIS), , which committed genocide against her Yezidi people, […]
The Yezidis in Iraq: the government’s neglect is still ongoing
The current number of Yezidis in Iraq is estimated, according to unofficial statistics, to be more than 700,000 people spread over three main regions: Sinjar (Shingal), the largest Yezidi city in Iraq and in the world; the Nineveh plain, which encompasses several areas for Yezidis, of which the most important is Sheikhan, the site of […]
The genocide of the Yezidis has been forgotten
In the summer of 2014, the Islamic State (ISIS) committed genocide of the Yezidis in their largest city in Iraq and the world, Sinjar. The Yezidis are a religious minority in the Middle East; their main center is Iraq. At the time that the genocide began, their number was no more than 550,000 people, according […]
Turkish-backed ‘rebel’ tortures Yezidis in Syria, says: ‘Yezidis are infidels. We will kick you out from your land.’
“The U.N. report named two rebel groups formerly backed by the United States, the Sultan Murad Division and the Hamza Division, as some of the worst torturers in Afrin. Yet more indication that the U.S. has no business being involved in Syria and is not on the side of the good and right there. Meanwhile, […]
Yezidis: A History of Persecution
The ISIS genocide in 2014 against Yezidis in Iraq and Turkey’s occupation of parts of northern Syria since 2018 have brought a long-suffering people to the attention of the world. The Yezidis (or Yazidis/Ezidis) are a non-Muslim community indigenous to northern Mesopotamia. Named after their ancient faith, Yezidis have a rich oral tradition combining aspects […]
“The women were the worst”: Yezidi women plead with Dutch government not to allow Islamic State women to return
“Thousands of Yezidi women are still trapped in refugee camps in northern Iraq. The Dutch government should help these people, not the IS supporters.” Indeed. But that would be “Islamophobic,” and that’s the very worst thing one can be in Europe and America today. “‘IS women helped fighters rape our women,’” translated from “‘IS-vrouwen hielpen […]