Category Archives: Yezidis

Minorities will “force” Turkey to acknowledge genocide

President of World Yezidi Union, Aziz Tamoyan, has said that 500,000 Yezidis, as well as 1.5 million Armenians, were massacred by the Turks during 1915-1923. Although the Armenian genocide is…

Iraqi religious education causes division among the faiths

Religious education lessons have been a constant cause of religious conflict, reports Iraqi website Niqash. As we know, religious education at schools in the West tends to emphasize a multicultural approach…

First non-Islamist Syrian dissident bloc formed, embraces ethnic and religious minorities

“If somebody says ‘I am the only representative of the Syrian people’ they would be no different from al-Assad’s Baath Party,” says Dr. Ommar Qurabi, the leader of a new…

Yezidis appeal for protection from genocide

A letter signed by Aziz Tamoyan, President of the Yezidi National Union of the World, and Khdr Hajoyan, President of the Yezidi National Union of Armenia, has been published by…