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Yazidism
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Type | Ethnic religion |
Classification | Iranian religions[1][2] |
Scripture | Yazidi Book of Revelation, Yazidi Black Book |
Theology | Monotheistic |
Mir | Hazim Tahsin or Naif Dawud[3] |
Baba Sheikh | Sheikh Ali Ilyas |
Language | Kurdish (Kurmanji) |
Headquarters | Lalish, Iraqi Kurdistan |
Origin | 12th century Kurdistan |
Members | Referred to as Yazidis:
c. 200,000–1,000,000 (Encyclopædia Britannica est.[4]) c. 200,000–300,000 (Encyclopædia Iranica, 2004 est.[1]) |
Other name(s) | Sharfadin |
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Yazidism,[a] also known as Sharfadin,[b] is a monotheistic ethnic religion[c] that originated in Kurdistan[9] and has roots in pre-Zoroastrian Iranian religion, directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition.[d] Its followers, called Yazidis, are a Kurdish-speaking community.[e]
Yazidism includes elements of ancient Iranian religions, as well as elements of Judaism, Church of the East, and Islam.[4] Yazidism is based on belief in one God who created the world and entrusted it into the care of seven Holy Beings, known as Angels.[5][10][11] Preeminent among these Angels is Tawûsî Melek (lit. 'Peacock Angel', also spelled as Melek Taûs), who is the leader of the Angels and who has authority over the world.[5][11][12] The religion of the Yazidis is a highly syncretistic one: Sufi influence and imagery can be seen in their religious vocabulary, especially in the terminology of their esoteric literature, but much of the mythology is non-Islamic, and their cosmogonies apparently have many points in common with those of ancient Iranian religions.[1]
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