[kj] OT: The Plight of Iraq's Yazidi

[Were Wolf]

Agreed. Humanitarian aid is one thing, but American plans for air strikes might make things more worse than they already are in the Middle East. Sufis seem pretty tolerant.

> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 10:19:19 +0100
> From: jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk
> To: gathering at misera.net
> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: The Plight of Iraq's Yazidi
> 
> I imagine they'll attract more sympathy if they avoided stoning any more teenage girls.
> 
> Jim.
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> On Fri, 8/8/14, Were Wolf <werewolf68 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
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>  Subject: [kj] OT: The Plight of Iraq's Yazidi
>  To: "The Gathering KJ" <gathering at misera.net>
>  Date: Friday, 8 August, 2014, 8:03
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>  The Ancient Yazidi religion pre-dates
>  Christianity, Islam and Judaism, and they worship Melek
>  Taus, the peacock angel who is identified with Shaytan, the
>  Arabic for Satan. Currently, the Yazidi (Yezidi) are in the
>  news for being persecuted and murdered by "ISIS"
>  (Jees! what a name for Islamist militants!). Like Hindus,
>  the Yazidi believe in reincarnation, and incorporate Sun
>  worship and the beliefs of Zoroastrianism and Sufi Islamic
>  mysticism.
>  I hope the 50,000 Yazidi Kurds trapped on a
>  mountain in northern Iraq can be saved and given
>  humanitarian assistance.
>  http://www.lashtal.com/forum/index.php?topic=6822.0
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