YAZIDI
Yazidi
The Yazidi are an ethnic group, who represent an ancient religion that linked to Zoroastrianism and Sufism. They currently live primarily in the Nineveh Province of northern Iraq. Additional communities in Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, and Syria have been in decline since the 1990s, their members having emigrated to Europe, especially to Germany. Their religion is seen as a highly syncretic complex of local Yezidi beliefs that contains Zoroastrian elements and Islamic Sufi doctrine introduced to the area by Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir in the 12th century. The Yazidi believe in God as creator of the world, which he placed under the care of seven holy beings or angels, the ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Yazidi
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Yazid I
'Yazīd ibn Mu‘āwiya ibn Abī Sufyān,, commonly known as Yazid I, was the third Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate . Yazid was the Caliph as appointed by his father Muawiyah I and ruled for three years from 680 CE until his death in 683 CE.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Yazid I
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