Yazidism
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Yazidism, or Yezidism also known as Sharfadin, is a monotheistic ethnic religion. It developed through a complex historical process involving a pre-Islamic Kurdish religious substratum and the teachin
The tomb of Sheikh Adi at Lalish, the holiest Yazidi temple
Yazidi shrine of Mame Reshan, partially destroyed by ISIL, in the Sinjar Mountains.
Tawûsî Melek depicted as a peacock inside the display case on the grave of a Yazidi believer, cemetery of the Yazidi community in Hanover.
Entrance to the Yazidi Temple in Lalish
Yazdânism
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Yazdânism, or the Cult of Angels, is a proposed pre-Islamic religion with claimed ties relating to a Mithraic religion of the Kurds. The term was introduced and proposed by Kurdish and Belgian scholar
Yazidi men in traditional Shingali clothes