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Yazidi Religion (mainstream)
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Ancient indigenous religion of the Yazidi people, primarily in northern Iraq. Closed-membership: no conversion in or out, strict endogamy. Subject of 2014+ ISIS genocide recognised by UN and multiple national governments.
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Behavior Control4/10
Information Control3/10
Thought Control2/10
Emotional Control3/10
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0 — closed-membership ancient Iraqi religion; subject of 2014+ ISIS genocide.
Profile facts
Founded
Ancient
Members
≈1 million globally
Active in
Middle East, Europe
In context
The Yazidi religion combines elements possibly drawn from ancient Mesopotamian, Zoroastrian, and Sufi-influenced traditions. Distinctive caste system (Sheikhs, Pirs, Murids) and strict endogamy. The 2014 ISIS genocide killed thousands and enslaved thousands more; Nadia Murad shared the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for survivor advocacy.
Recovery resources
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- INFORM (Information Network on Religious Movements) — LSE-founded UK research-based information service covering new religious movements.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Notable public ex-members
- Nadia Murad (Nobel laureate, public advocate)
Legal cases & controversies
- 2014+ ISIS Yazidi genocide
Evidence by BITE axis
Information Control
- Strict endogamy
- Caste system
- Closed religious knowledge
- subject of 2014+ ISIS genocide
Timeline
- AncientYazidi religion crystallises in Mesopotamia
- 2014ISIS Sinjar genocide begins
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
Sources
- Sebastian Maisel academic work search ↗
- UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria search ↗
- John Kerry: ISIS responsible for genocide — http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/17/politics/us-iraq-syria-genocide/index.html open ↗
- Isil carried out massacres and mass sexual enslavement of Yazidis, UN confirms — https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11160906/Isil-carried-out-massacres-and-mass-sexual-enslavement-of-Yazidis-UN-confirms.html open ↗
- Nearly 10,000 Yazidis killed, kidnapped by Islamic State in 2014, study finds — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-yazidis-idUSKBN18527I/ open ↗
- Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey — PLOS Medicine (2017) — https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1002297 open ↗
- Everywhere Around Is the Islamic State': On the Road in Iraq with YPG Fighters — https://www.vice.com/en/article/everywhere-around-is-the-islamic-state-on-the-road-in-iraq-with-ypg-fighters/ open ↗
- Smugglers and Kurdish militants help Iraq's Yazidis flee to Turkey — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-turkey-yazidis-idUSKBN0GQ1MX20140826 open ↗
- Yazidi survivor recalls horror of evading ISIS, death — https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/09/world/meast/yazidi-survivor/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 open ↗
- Embattled Yazidis Say They Are Now Enduring Atrocity No. 74 — https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/08/18/341403231/embattled-yazidis-say-they-are-now-enduring-atrocity-no-74 open ↗
- UN accuses the "Islamic State" in the genocide of the Yazidis — https://www.bbc.com/russian/rolling_news/2015/03/150319_rn_yazidis_un_is_genocide open ↗
- YAZIDIS i. GENERAL — Encyclopaedia Iranica Online — https://doi.org/10.1163%2F2330-4804_EIRO_COM_1252 open ↗
- Turkish Airstrike in Iraqi Territory Kills a Kurdish Militant Leader — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/world/middleeast/turkish-airstrike-in-iraqi-territory-kills-a-kurdish-militant-leader.html open ↗
- Isil's Yazidi 'mass conversion' video fails to hide brutal duress — https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11049393/Isils-Yazidi-mass-conversion-video-fails-to-hide-brutal-duress.html open ↗
- ISIS Terror: One Yazidi's Battle to Chronicle the Death of a People — http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-uncovered/isis-terror-one-yazidis-battle-chronicle-death-people-n461566 open ↗
- The 2014 Yazidi genocide and its effect on Yazidi diaspora — The Lancet (2017) — https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS0140-6736%2817%2932701-0 open ↗
- Kurdish Forces are Pushing Back Against ISIS, Gaining Ground Around Mosul — https://www.thedailybeast.com/kurdish-forces-are-pushing-back-against-isis-gaining-ground-around-mosul open ↗
- ISIS Enshrines a Theology of Rape — https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/middleeast/isis-enshrines-a-theology-of-rape.html open ↗
- Sabians — Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān — https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1875-3922_q3_EQSIM_00362 open ↗
- Magians — Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān — https://doi.org/10.1163%2F1875-3922_q3_EQSIM_00269 open ↗
- The Oxford Dictionary of Islam (2003) — https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facref%2F9780195125580.001.0001 open ↗
- The People of the Book, ahl al-kitāb — International Journal of Asian Christianity (2019) — https://doi.org/10.1163%2F25424246-00202004 open ↗
- Iraq Yazidis: The 'forgotten' people of an unforgettable story — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45406232 open ↗
- Individual, collective, and transgenerational traumatization in the Yazidi — BMC Medicine (2017) — https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12916-017-0965-7 open ↗
- Editors’ Introduction: Palimpsestic Genocide in Kurdistan — Genocide Studies International (2019) — https://doi.org/10.3138%2Fgsi.13.1.01 open ↗
- The 72nd Firman of the Yezidis: A “Hidden Genocide” during World War I? — Genocide Studies International (2019) — https://doi.org/10.3138%2Fgsi.13.1.04 open ↗
- Genocidal Campaigns during the Ottoman Era: The _Firmān_ of Mīr-i-Kura against the Yazidi Religious Minority in 1832–1834 — https://doi.org/10.3138/gsi.13.1.05 open ↗
- Genocidal Campaigns during the Ottoman Era: The Firmān of Mīr-i-Kura against the Yazidi Religious Minority in 1832–1834 — Genocide Studies International (2019) — https://doi.org/10.3138%2Fgsi.13.1.05 open ↗
- Communalism and the state in Iraq: the Yazidi Kurds, c.1869–1940 — Middle Eastern Studies (1999) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00263209908701264 open ↗
- Exodus from the mountain: Yazidis flood into Iraq following US airstrikes — https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/exodus-from-the-mountain-yazidis-flood-into-iraq-following-us-airstrikes/2014/08/10/f8349f2a-04da-4d60-98ef-85fe66c82002_story.html open ↗
- Be Captured and Killed, or Risk Dying of Thirst: The Awful Choice Facing the Refugees of Sinjar — https://time.com/3085270/iraq-yazidi-mount-sinjar-islamic-state-refugees/ open ↗
- UN Security Council condemns attacks by Iraqi jihadists — http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28699832 open ↗
- Will anyone stop ISIS? — http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/07/world/meast/stopping-isis open ↗
- A Friend Flees the Horror of ISIS — http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/friend-flees-horror-isis open ↗
- Iraq crisis: Islamic militants 'buried alive Yazidi women and children in attack that killed 500 — http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-crisis-islamic-militants-buried-alive-yazidi-women-and-children-in-attack-that-killed-500-9659695.html open ↗
- Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-yazidis-killings-idUSKBN0GA0FF20140810 open ↗
- Yazidis tormented by fears for women and girls kidnapped by Isis jihadis — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/yazidis-tormented-fears-for-women-girls-kidnapped-sinjar-isis-slaves open ↗
- Islamic State kills 500 Yazidis, burying some alive, says human rights minister — http://www.smh.com.au/world/islamic-state-kills-500-yazidis-burying-some-alive-claims-human-rights-minister-20140811-102l71.html open ↗
- Iraq Official: Militants Hold 100s of Yazidi Women — https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraq-official-militants-hold-100s-yazidi-women-24905849 open ↗
- Islamic State forces kill hundreds of Yazidi minority in Iraq threaten Kurdish capital — https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Islamic-State-forces-kill-hundreds-of-Yazidi-minority-in-Iraq-threaten-Kurdish-capital-370661 open ↗
- Iraq crisis: Hundreds of Yazidi women taken captive by Islamic State militants — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-crisis-hundreds-of-yazidi-women-taken-captive-by-islamic-state-militants-9658393.html open ↗
- Iraq crisis: 'It is death valley. Up to 70 per cent of them are dead — https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/11024037/Iraq-crisis-It-is-death-valley.-Up-to-70-per-cent-of-them-are-dead.html open ↗
- Report: U.S. airstrikes carried out as part of Iraqi effort to retake Mosul Dam — https://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/15/world/meast/iraq-crisis/index.html open ↗
- Islamic State: Militants 'kill 300 Yazidi captives — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32565809 open ↗
- ISIS 'forced pregnant Yazidi women to have abortions — http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/06/middleeast/pregnant-yazidis-forced-abortions-isis/ open ↗
- Treated like cattle': Yazidi women sold, raped, enslaved by ISIS — http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/world/meast/isis-female-slaves/ open ↗
- Islamic State committing 'staggering' crimes in Iraq: U.N. report — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-un-idUSKCN0HR0R120141002 open ↗
- Isis 'price list' for child slaves confirmed as genuine by UN official Zainab Bangura — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-price-list-for-child-slaves-confirmed-as-genuine-by-un-official-zainab-bangura-10437348.html open ↗
- Islamic State tightens grip on captives held as sex slaves — https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-tightens-grip-on-captives-held-as-sex-slaves/2016/07/05/a30c0942-42df-11e6-a76d-3550dba926ac_story.html open ↗
- Putting Reproductive Violence on the Agenda: A Case Study of the Yazidis — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14623528.2022.2100594 open ↗
- Revenge for Sinjar: Syrian Kurds free Islamic State slaves — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-yazidi/revenge-for-sinjar-syrian-kurds-free-islamic-state-slaves-idUSKBN1950M2 open ↗
- Yazidi Girls Seized by ISIS Speak Out After Escape — https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/world/middleeast/yazidi-girls-seized-by-isis-speak-out-after-escape.html open ↗
- Islamic State tries to shore up relevance with Iraq carnage — https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-55764993 open ↗
- Free at last: Yazidi woman held in Gaza finally leaves enclave — https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-822799 open ↗
- Islamic State Seeks to Justify Enslaving Yazidi Women and Girls in Iraq — http://www.newsweek.com/islamic-state-seeks-justify-enslaving-yazidi-women-and-girls-iraq-277100 open ↗
- ISIS Is Now Bragging About Enslaving Women and Children — https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/10/isis-confirms-and-justifies-enslaving-yazidis-in-new-magazine-article/381394/ open ↗
- ISIS states its justification for the enslavement of women — http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/12/world/meast/isis-justification-slavery open ↗
- Thousands of Yazidi women sold as sex slaves 'for theological reasons', says Isil — https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11158797/Thousands-of-Yazidi-women-sold-as-sex-slaves-for-theological-reasons-says-Isil.html open ↗
- Slavery in Islam: To have and to hold - The Economist — https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21625870-jihadists-boast-selling-captive-women-concubines-have-and-hold open ↗
- Prosecuting ISIS for the sexual slavery of the Yazidi women and girls — The International Journal of Human Rights (2018) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13642987.2018.1495195 open ↗
- Ancient Prophecies Motivate Islamic State Militants: Battlefield Strategies Driven by 1,400-year-old Apocalyptic Ideas — https://www.wsj.com/articles/ancient-prophecies-motivate-islamic-state-militants-1416357441 open ↗
- ISIS Publishes Pamphlet On How to Treat Female Slaves — http://www.newsweek.com/isis-release-questions-and-answers-pamphlet-how-treat-female-slaves-290511 open ↗
- ISIS: Enslaving, having sex with 'unbelieving' women, girls is OK — http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/world/meast/isis-justification-female-slaves/ open ↗
- Pamphlet provides Islamic State guidelines for sex slaves — https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/13/pamphlet-islamic-state-guidelines-sex-slaves/20359049/ open ↗
- Isis releases 'abhorrent' sex slaves pamphlet with 27 tips for militants on taking, punishing and raping female captives — http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-releases-abhorrent-sex-slaves-pamphlet-with-27-tips-for-militants-on-taking-punishing-and-raping-female-captives-9915913.html open ↗
- Iraqi Yazidis: 'If we move they will kill us — http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/08/iraqi-yazidis-if-move-they-will-kill-us-20148513656188206.html open ↗
- PKK 'terrorists' crucial to fight against ISIS — https://www.ft.com/content/4a6e5b90-2460-11e4-be8e-00144feabdc0 open ↗
- A U.S.-designated terrorist group is saving Yazidis and battling the Islamic State — http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/11/a-u-s-designated-terrorist-group-is-saving-yazidis-and-battling-the-islamic-state/ open ↗
- The Drama of Sinjar: Escaping the Islamic State in Iraq — http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pkk-assistance-for-yazidis-escaping-the-jihadists-of-the-islamic-state-a-986648.html open ↗
- Islamic State seizes two Yazidi villages as it advances on Mount Sinjar — https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-seizes-two-yazidi-villages-as-it-advances-on-mount-sinjar/2014/10/20/63cd2a22-9292-4c42-9ff5-41d430ec2819_story.html open ↗
- UN: Assault on Yazidis may be genocide attempt — http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/un-assault-on-yazidis-may-be-genocide-attempt/2014/10/21/533b136c-597b-11e4-9d6c-756a229d8b18_story.html open ↗
- Yazidi teenager captured by Isis says they were planning 'big, big attack' on Europe — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-tactics-terror-training-iraq-syria-yazidi-teenager-reveals-a7828116.html open ↗
- Yazidis who suffered under Isis face forced conversion to Islam amid fresh persecution in Afrin — https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-yazidis-isis-islam-conversion-afrin-persecution-kurdish-a8310696.html?amp open ↗
- Yazidis caught in 'political football' between Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-yazidis/yazidis-caught-in-political-football-between-baghdad-iraqi-kurds-idUSKBN1E40FZ open ↗
- Yazidi mass grave found in Iraq's Sinjar — https://www.france24.com/en/20171122-yazidi-mass-grave-found-iraqs-sinjar open ↗
- Beekeeper turned spymaster searches for Iraq's missing Yazidis — https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/yazidi-iraq-syria-isis-1.5989166 open ↗
- Iraqi forces free group of Yazidi women from Islamic State: ministry — https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-yazidis-idUSKCN0WI2J3 open ↗
- European Parliament recognizes ISIS killings of religious minorities as genocide — https://www.newsweek.com/european-parliament-recognizes-isis-killing-religious-minorities-genocide-423008 open ↗
- MPs unanimously declare Yazidis and Christians victims of Isis genocide — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/20/mps-unanimously-declare-yazidis-victims-of-isis-genocide open ↗
- Above politics': MPs vote unanimously to bring Yazidi refugees to Canada in 4 months — https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conservatives-yazidis-liberal-mccallum-1.3820299 open ↗
- Why ISIS's treatment of Yazidi women must be treated as genocide — http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/30/opinion/isis-yazidi-women-genocide/ open ↗
- Fighting to bring ISIS to justice for war crimes against Yazidis — https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/11/middleeast/isis-yazidi-war-crimes-tribunal-investigation/index.html open ↗
- The Iraq Investigative Team and Prospects for Justice for the Yazidi Genocide — Journal of International Criminal Justice (2018) — https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjicj%2Fmqy002 open ↗
- ISIL committed genocide against Yazidis: UN investigation — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/11/isil-committed-genocide-against-yazidis-un-investigation open ↗
- Le Sénat vote une résolution pour reconnaître le "génocide" des minorités d'Orient — https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2016/12/06/01003-20161206ARTFIG00322-le-senat-vote-une-resolution-pour-reconnaitre-le-genocide-des-minorites-d-orient.php open ↗
- Armenia Recognises Genocide of Yazidis in Iraq — http://www.france24.com/en/20180116-armenia-recognises-genocide-yazidis-iraq/ open ↗
- German lawmakers recognise Islamic State crimes against Yazidis as genocide — https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-lawmakers-recognise-islamic-state-crimes-against-yazidis-genocide-2023-01-19/ open ↗
- Verfolgung der Jesiden als Völkermord anerkannt — https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bundestag-jesiden-101.html open ↗
- Kurdish pershmerga forces prepare escape route for Yazidis trapped on Sinjar — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/19/kurdish-pershmerga-yazidis-safe-escape-route-sinjar-isis open ↗
- UN exhumes Yazidi mass graves from Islamic State massacre in northern Iraq — https://www.france24.com/en/20190413-un-yazidi-mass-grave-islamic-state-massacre-northern-iraq-kocho open ↗
- This Is How ISIS Members Justify Sexual Slavery — https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/this-is-how-isis-members-justify-sexual-slavery open ↗
- ISIS has lost its final stronghold in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces says — https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/23/middleeast/isis-caliphate-end-intl/index.html open ↗
- Iraq's Yazidi community buries 104 victims of IS massacre — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-55968068 open ↗
- ISIS Is Ignoring Islam's Teachings on Yazidis and Christians — https://time.com/3093732/isis-iraq-yazidis-and-christians/ open ↗
- Australian Muslim groups condemn use of slaves — https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-22/australian-muslim-groups-condemn-use-of-slaves/6035796 open ↗
- When Obama talks about Iraq, his use of the word 'genocide' is vital — http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/08/08/when-obama-talks-about-iraq-his-use-of-the-word-genocide-is-vital/ open ↗
- Officials: U.S. airstrikes pound ISIS militants firing at Iraq's Yazidis — http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/09/world/meast/iraq-crisis open ↗
- Thousands of Yazidis rescued, Iraqi official says — http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/10/world/meast/iraq-crisis/ open ↗
- 20,000 Iraqis besieged by Isis escape from mountain after US air strikes — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/10/iraq-yazidi-isis-jihadists-islamic-state-kurds open ↗
- US troops land on Iraq's Mt Sinjar to plan for Yazidi evacuation — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/13/us-ground-troops-direct-role-evacuate-yazidis-iraq open ↗
- Rescue mission for Yazidis on Iraq's Mount Sinjar appears unnecessary, Pentagon says — https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2014/08/13/5fdd3358-2301-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html open ↗
- Most Yazidis have been rescued from a besieged mountain in northern Iraq — https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/yazidis-still-reported-trapped-on-mountain-in-northern-iraq-despite-us-assessment/2014/08/14/d85337fb-c5d2-4b82-b53a-410467e0db90_story.html?hpid=z2 open ↗
- 10 days in Iraq: Aid drops, air-strikes and 200,000 new refugees — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28761383 open ↗
- ISIS Suspected of Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq, U.N. Panel Says — https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/world/middleeast/isis-genocide-yazidis-iraq-un-panel.html?WT.nav=top-news&action=click&gwt=pay&module=second-column-region&pgtype=Homepage®ion=top-news&_r=0 open ↗
- Yazidi genocide: IS member found guilty in German landmark trial — https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59474616 open ↗
- France begins landmark trial over Islamic State genocide of Yazidis — https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260316-france-begins-landmark-trial-over-islamic-state-genocide-of-yazidis-sabri-essid open ↗
- The Islamic State's Pattern of Sexual Violence: Ideology and Institutions, Policies and Practices — Journal of Global Security Studies (2020) — https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fjogss%2Fogaa038 open ↗
- The Islamic State, Vice News report (segment featuring Yazidi refugees starts at 39:50) — https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-islamic-state-full-length/ open ↗
- The Last Genocide against the Yazidi People — https://doi.org/10.1017/rms.2023.1 open ↗
- The Last Genocide against the Yazidi People — Review of Middle East Studies (2022) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1017%2Frms.2023.1 open ↗
- Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey — https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002297 open ↗
- Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey — PLOS Medicine (2017) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1002297 open ↗
- John Kerry: ISIS responsible for genocide — https://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/17/politics/us-iraq-syria-genocide/index.html open ↗
- ISIS 'forced pregnant Yazidi women to have abortions'". — https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/06/middleeast/pregnant-yazidis-forced-abortions-isis/ open ↗
- Cultural Heritage Destruction during the Islamic State’s Genocide against the Yazidis — https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466180_006 open ↗
- Nadia Murad, de esclava sexual del Estado Islámico a Nobel de la Paz — https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/12/07/planeta_futuro/1544181580_909153.html open ↗
- UN accuses the "Islamic State" in the genocide of the Yazidis — https://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/2015/03/150319_rn_yazidis_un_is_genocide open ↗
- Statement by the President — https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/07/statement-president open ↗
- US carries out air drops to help Iraqis trapped on mountain by Isis — https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/us-aid-iraqi-trapped-mountain-isis open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2026/03/17/jeune-esclave-de-10-ans-vierge-au-proces-du-genocide-des-yezidis-plongee-dans-les-tenebres-de-l-etat-islamique_6671762_3224.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=6 open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://academic.oup.com/jicj/article-abstract/22/3-4/499/7722013?login=false open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2021/05/11/les-enqueteurs-de-l-onu-ont-reuni-les-preuves-du-genocide-de-l-ei-contre-les-yezidis_6079860_3210.html open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2026/03/20/pour-l-histoire-avec-la-condamnation-de-sabri-essid-la-justice-francaise-reconnait-pour-la-premiere-fois-le-genocide-des-yezidis_6672767_3224.html open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2023/08/01/le-royaume-uni-reconnait-officiellement-les-actes-de-genocide-commis-par-l-organisation-etat-islamique-envers-les-yezidis_6184100_3210.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=8 open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2026/03/20/proces-du-genocide-des-yezidis-le-djihadiste-francais-sabri-essid-condamne-a-la-reclusion-criminelle-a-perpetuite_6672721_3224.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=1 open ↗
- Uno-Bericht: Völkermord an Jesiden dauert an – Der Spiegel – Politik. — https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/uno-bericht-voelkermord-an-jesiden-dauert-an-a-1161251.html open ↗
- theguardian.com — https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/aug/04/genocide-yazidi-isis-murderers-tried open ↗
- Die Welt versagt vor diesem Verbrechen. — https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/ronya-othmann-ueber-den-genozid-und-femizid-des-is-an-den-eziden-17447582.html open ↗
- Suizide unter Jesiden im Nordirak – Woher Hoffnung nehmen? — https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/corona-krise-mehr-suizide-unter-jesiden-im-nordirak-a-081d85ee-acaa-484c-8357-9ed08e5aece4 open ↗
- Schutzprojekt für Jesiden Tausend Leben. — https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/fluechtlingskrise/baden-wuerttemberg-rettet-ueber-tausend-jesidinnen-14503598.html open ↗
- Bundestag stuft Verfolgung der Jesiden durch IS-Miliz als Völkermord ein. — https://www.tagesschau.de/multimedia/sendung/tagesschau_20_uhr/video-1143987.html open ↗
- PMID 29224572 — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29224572?dopt=Abstract open ↗
- Völkermord an den Jesiden geht weiter. — https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/jesiden-voelkermord-101.html open ↗
- UK recognises “acts of genocide” against Iraq’s Yazidis by IS group. — https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230801-uk-recognises-acts-of-genocide-against-iraq-s-yazidis-by-is-group open ↗
- The Islamic State, Vice News report (segment featuring Yazidi refugees starts at 39:50) — https://www.vice.com/en/article/3kwgqj/the-islamic-state-full-length open ↗
- “Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey” — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5423550/ open ↗
- Everywhere Around Is the Islamic State': On the Road in Iraq with YPG Fighters — https://news.vice.com/article/everywhere-around-is-the-islamic-state-on-the-road-in-iraq-with-ypg-fighters open ↗
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- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Mainstream-comparator lighter.
- 2026-05-20Source-density flags derived from existing free-text sources[]: academic sources. Heuristic auto-flag; subsequent editorial pass will populate structuredSources[] with reliability tiers.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
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