Yezidis in ARMENIA

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Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
There is 1% yezidi population in Armenia.I want to learn something about Yezidis in ARMENIA.Are they like Kurds in other counries?(in a bad situation)I am waiting for armenians' informations about it.

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I read that Yezidis were killed in Mesopotamia for years.I know that there were a lot of Yezidis in Turkey but they were killed because of their diffrerent religions .

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Is this also a genocide done by many nations(turks,arabs,even kurds who are muslims?

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Agro-Industrial Party [Vladimir BADALYAN]; Armenia Party [Myasnik MALKHASYAN]; Armenian National Movement or ANM [Alex ARZUMANYAN, chairman]; Armenian Ramkavar Liberal Party or HRAK [Harutyun MIRZAKHANYAN, chairman]; Armenian Revolutionary Federation ("Dashnak" Party) or ARF [Vahan HOVHANISSIAN]; Democratic Party [Aram SARKISYAN]; Justice Bloc (comprised of the Democratic Party, National Democratic Party, National Democratic Union, the People's Party, and the Republic Party) [Stepan DEMIRCHYAN]; National Democratic Party [Shavarsh KOCHARIAN]; National Democratic Union or NDU [Vazgen MANUKIAN]; National Revival Party [Albert BAZEYAN]; National Unity Party [Artashes GEGAMIAN, chairman]; People's Party of Armenia [Stepan DEMIRCHYAN]; Republic Party [Aram SARKISYAN, chairman]; Republican Party or RPA [Andranik MARKARYAN]; Rule of Law Party [Artur BAGHDASARYAN, chairman]; Union of Constitutional Rights [Hrant KHACHATURYAN]; United Labor Party [Gurgen ARSENYAN]

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there are too many parties for a 3 million country.Even Turkey don't have so many poltical parties.And Turkey is 70 million.

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The Yazidi or Yezidi (Kurdish: Êzidî) are adherents of a small Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. They are primarily ethnic Kurds, and most Yazidis live near Mosul, Iraq with smaller communities in Syria, Turkey, Iran, Georgia and Armenia, and are estimated to number ca. 500,000 individuals in total. There are also Yazidi refugees in Europe.

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The Yazidi or Yezidi (Kurdish: Êzidî) are adherents of a small Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. They are primarily ethnic Kurds, and most Yazidis live near Mosul, Iraq with smaller communities in Syria, Turkey, Iran, Georgia and Armenia, and are estimated to number ca. 500,000 individuals in total. There are also Yazidi refugees in Europe.

The origins of Yazidism are ultimately shrouded in the mist of the ancient Middle East. Although the Yazidis speak Kurdish, their religion shows strong influence from archaic Levantine and Islamic religions. Their principal holy site is in Mosul, Iraq. The Yazidis own name for themselves is Êzidî or Êzîdî or, in some areas, Dasini (the last, strictly speaking a tribal name). Some scholars have derived the name Yazidi from Old Iranian yazata (divine being), while others say it is a derivation from Umayyad Caliph Yazid I (Yazid bin Muawiyah), revered by the Yazidis as an incarnation of the divine figure Sultan Ezi (this is no longer widely accepted). Yazidis, themselves, believe that their name is derived from the word Yezdan or Êzid meaning God. The Yazidis' cultural practices are observably Kurdish, and almost all speak Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish), with the exception of the villages of Baiqa and Bahazane in Northern Iraq, where Arabic is spoken. Kurmanji is the language of almost all the orally transmitted religious traditions of the Yazidis. Thus, religious origins are somewhat complex.

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. Early writers attempted to describe Yazidi origins, broadly speaking, in terms of Islam, or Iranian, or sometimes even pagan religions; however, publications since the 1990s have shown such an approach to be over-simplistic.[1]

The origin of the Yazidi religion is now usually seen by scholars as a complex process of syncretism, whereby the belief-system and practices of a local faith had a profound influence on the religiosity of adherents of the Adawiyya sufi order living in the Kurdish mountains, and caused it to deviate from Islamic norms relatively soon after the death of its founder, Sheikh Adii Ibn Mustafa who was of Umayyad descent. He settled in the valley of Lalish (some thirty-six miles north-east of Mosul) in the early 12th century CE. Shaeikh Adii himself, a figure of undoubted orthodoxy, enjoyed widespread influence. He died in 1162, and his tomb at Lalish is a focal point of Yazidi pilgrimage. During the fourteenth century, important Kurdish tribes whose sphere of influence stretched well into what is now Turkey (including, for a period, the rulers of the principality of Jazira) are cited in historical sources as Yazidi.

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Here is some information I get

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RUDO, from my travels to Armenia I have seen that Yezdis have many opportunities in Armenia. Our house in Yerevan has many Yezdis living in it. They are in equal conditions as Armenians and get along great with Armenians. They have their own practices and in some ways culture, but in all other manners they are Armenians. Their children are in the same school classes with Armenians, Kurds, Persians and others. They are patriotic because thousands of years of Armenian governments and states have protected them and their rights. Outside of the city they are nearly all in Agriculture. They live a nomadic life as you would probably expect. When I climbed Mt. Aragats in 2004 where many of the Yezdis outside Yerevan are concentrated, their tents can be seen scattered accross the mountainside. The majority of those that I encountered were shepherds.

They are involved to some extent politically and enjoy essentially the same level of freedom and prosperity as everyone else in Armenia.

Hope this helps.

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RUDO, from my travels to Armenia I have seen that Yezdis have many opportunities in Armenia. Our house in Yerevan has many Yezdis living in it. They are in equal conditions as Armenians and get along great with Armenians. They have their own practices and in some ways culture, but in all other manners they are Armenians. Their children are in the same school classes with Armenians, Kurds, Persians and others. They are patriotic because thousands of years of Armenian governments and states have protected them and their rights. Outside of the city they are nearly all in Agriculture. They live a nomadic life as you would probably expect. When I climbed Mt. Aragats in 2004 where many of the Yezdis outside Yerevan are concentrated, their tents can be seen scattered accross the mountainside. The majority of those that I encountered were shepherds.

They are involved to some extent politically and enjoy essentially the same level of freedom and prosperity as everyone else in Armenia.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for your informations.I am happy to hear that Kurds in Armenia are happy.One day maybe I will visit Armenia and Yezidis.