Yazidis in Armenia
The number of Yazidis in Armenia is 35,272 (as of 2011). Many of the Yazidis (including Yazidis, Ezidis, Ezidis) came to Armenia and Georgia in the 19th and early 20th centuries to avoid religious persecution, as they were oppressed by Turks and the Sunni Kurds who tried to convert them to Islam . The Yazidis were killed alongside the Armenians during the Armenian genocide , which resulted in many fling to the Russian part of Armenia.
Yazidis are well integrated into Armenian society. They have freedom of religion and can maintain their cultural traditions.
The first Yazidis school ever opened in Armenia in 1920. In Armenia, the Yazidis have been officially recognized as an independent ethnic group since 2002 .
literature
- Victoria Arakelova: Healing Practices among the Yezidi Sheikhs of Armenia. In: Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2001, pp. 319-328
- Robert Langer: Yezidism between Scholarly Literature and Actual Practice: From 'Heterodox' Islam and 'Syncretism' to the Formation of a Transnational Yezidi 'Orthodoxy'. In: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 37 (3), December 2010, pp. 393-403
- The Human Rights Situation of the Yezidi Minority in the Transcaucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan). Writenet Report commissioned by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Status Determination and Protection Information Section (DIPS), May 2008
Web links
Commons : Yazidis in Armenia - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census of October 12-21 , 2011 in Armenia. (PDF) National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia, 2011, accessed December 15, 2018 (Armenian).
- ^ Survival Among The Kurds
- ↑ Long-persecuted Yazidis find second homeland in Armenia (aljazeera.com, English)
- ↑ The Yezidis of Armenia Face Identity Crisis over Kurdish ethnicity. (rudaw.net, English)