As a Georgian, my family in Tbilisi has Yazidi neighbours and they are freindly and nice. We also have a large established Yezidi community and it is known historically. Near to our district we also have a Yazidi temple made of Marble. What do Yazidis think of Georgia? Do they think of it at all or they view it positively?

Ex-muslim (hanafi) kurd of Reşwan tribe from Bêsinî/Semsûr here. Recently I found this article which says that there still are Yezidis of Reşwan tribe:

Reşwanî/Reşî: A large tribal confederacy by this name is found in the western regions of Kurdistan (Adiyaman, Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Malatya) as well as in Konya province of Turkey. Although most of them adhere to Islam and Alevism today, they appear to have had a significant Ezidi section in the past as well, whose remnants live among Ezidis of Efrîn. An Ottoman document dated 1584 records 1,000 Ezidi Reşî households living around Rumkale of modern-day Gaziantep province. Moreover, the Ottoman historian and geographer Katip Çelebi mentions the Reşwan Kurds of Ufacikli, Bakrasli and Behisni (Bêsnî) and describes them as Ezidis in his cosmography “Cihannüma” (1648-1657).

My grandma once told me that her grandfather was a Yezidi who came from Syria and converted to Islam after moving north. Since she and my grandpa (who was her cousin) are of course Reşwan, I guess that my great-greatgrandfather would probably have been a Reşwan of Yezidi faith himself.

Unfortunately she is the last surviving member of her generation in our family and this was all info she had, so I have no way of finding out more information or the village he was from, but we still have his name as well as that of his father before him. Therefore I'm hoping to get in touch with a Yezidi of Reşwan tribe from Syria and see if I can find distant relatives there who still have any recollection of my great-greatgrandfather

Since a post I read pretty much sums up the details of my question and is why I'm asking this, I'm quoting it.

I am curious of the Calvinist and Reformed Christianity on mortification of the flesh through painful physical torture such as fasting, self-flagellation, tatooing, cutting one's wrist, waterboarding oneself in blessed water, and carrying very heavy objects such as cross replication for miles with no rest or water? And other methods of self-harm so common among Catholic fundamentalists done to test their faith and give devotion to Jesus?

As someone baptised Roman Catholic, I know people who flagellate themselves and go through months have fasting with no food along with a day or two without drinking water. So I am wondering what is the Yazidi position on corporal mortification acts especially like cutting yourself with a knife and fasting?

We have indo European tradition and cultures and also religions and language (us yazidis). But for DNA we mostly have ZNF DNA and I see dna test by kurds and yazidis with 10% indo European dna only. Are we both ? Are we one one of those ? What are we

As someone from a Roman Catholic background, pretty much all my spellwork is based on intercession of the Saints and calling upon the Archangels for help with very specific prayers along with used of blessed items using symbolism of angels and saints that have been blessed by priests such as a medal of Saint Archangel Michael or wearing the brown robes worn by Franciscan clergy during rituals or fasting before a ritual to emulate Saint Margaret of Cortona's life before calling for her aid in intercession.

So how does Intercession and calling upon the Archangels for help work in Islam? I know the Shia sect believes Saints can intercede directly through prayers asking for their help and Sufi culture has a rich tradition of occultic Islam where you call upon angels and converted Jinn for help.

Additionally how does Intercession and calling upon the Saints and Archangels for help work in Judaism? I seen the concept of asking the Tzadik for help while praying esp at the graves in some sources and some Jewish prayers involving calling out the Archangels such as the Shema prayer (in this specific example you call the angels to be beside you at a certain direction).

So does this concept exist in the Yazidi faith? If so, what are Saints called in Yazidism? Does the religion call upon Archangels for magical acts like protection from demons and miraculous healing of diseases and so on? Bonus question, how is Mary seen? In Catholicism she is considered the strongest Saints, so powerful that she is ranked Queen of Heaven in addition to being the Theotokos or Mother of God. How high do Yazidis revere her?

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I was reading Elif Shafak's "There are rivers in the sky" when I came to know about Yazidis and after researching a bit, I have been fascinated by the school of thought.

Is there any specific book/literature/documentaries I can access to know more? This is purely for my knowledge purposes. I respect the school of thought.

Peace!

I'm watchiing this video right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In4BXkmKBhM

Is it all really over? Everyone in ISIS has not been killed. So where are they? Did any repent, leave it and become "normal"? Did any leave Islam? Is there a new version of ISIS out there recruiting? How did it all begin? Did Yazidis see a slow build up over years or was the terror unleashed all at once one day? Were there any signs that something was brewing years before it all happened?