Yazidis in Germany

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Yazidis in Germany
Yazidi demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate and the Embassy of the United States in Berlin, Germany.
Total population
from 60,000[1][2][3] to 100,000–120,000 [4][5]
Religion
Yazidism (Sharfadin)

Yazidis in Germany may refer to people born in or residing in

ethnic group[6] or Kurdish group[1] who are strictly endogamous.[7][8]

There is a large Yazidi community in Germany, estimated to be numbering around 60,000 - 120,000 people. This makes the German Yazidi community one of the largest in the Yazidi diaspora.

Immigration history

Many Yazidis fled to Germany during the 1990s fearing religious persecution in Turkey. The Yazidi population of Germany was around 20,000 in 1998.[2] Many Yazidi intellectuals also fled during this time and now play a prominent role in Yazidi diaspora affairs and maintain connections with Yazidis in Iraq.[1]

Political activism

In August 2014, German Yazidis held protests against the

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq have lived for various years in Germany.[10]

Yazidis in Germany

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Allison, Christine (2014-02-20). "Yazidis i: General". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved October 16, 2014. There are probably 200,000–300,000 Yazidis worldwide.
  2. ^ a b "Yezidi". Adherents.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2005. Retrieved 2008-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Cites estimates between 100,000 and 700,000 worldwide.
  3. ^ a b "Yazidis rally in Germany against 'IS'". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  4. ^ Jakob, Christian. "Jesiden in Deutschland: Das Trauma der Vorfahren". die Tageszeitung. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  5. ^ Hür, Kemal. "Die Religion der Yeziden". Deutschlandradio Kultur. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  6. ^ Chapman, Chris; Taneja, Preti (2009). Uncertain refuge, dangerous return: Iraq's uprooted minorities. Minority Rights Group International. p. 8.
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  8. ^ Gidda, Mirren. "Everything You Need to Know About the Yazidis". TIME.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  9. ^ "Germany: 1000s protest Yazidi persecution in Iraq". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
  10. ISBN 978385476-590-5
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  11. ^ "Landtag NRW: Detailansicht". www.landtag.nrw.de. Archived from the original on 2010-05-15.
  12. ISBN 978-90-272-5859-5
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  13. ISBN 0-7007-1397-2
    , p.295
  14. United Nations Television
    (UNTV). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  15. ^ Khanna Omarkhali, Göttingen University

Further reading

  • Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (2009). Yezidism in Europe: Different Generations Speak About Their Religion. Hubert and Co.

External links

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