Posts Tagged: Yazidis
German Lawmakers Recognize Islamic State Crimes Against Yazidis as Genocide
German lawmakers on Thursday recognised as genocide crimes committed by Islamic State (IS) militants against minority Yazidis in Iraq in 2014. The jihadist group killed thousands of Yazidis, enslaved 7,000 Yazidi women and girls and displaced most of the 550,000-strong...
Protecting Religious Freedom in the Middle East
It started with his father. As fighting and instability ravaged Iraqi villages and cities, a local Shiite militia offered a means for him to save his...
We Must Not Grow Numb to the Yazidi Massacres
A few weeks ago, I had an opportunity to meet with six members of the Yazidi community, including journalists and activists. I must admit that...
Can We Use ‘Fake News’ to Advance a Cause?
I like the Hebrew term for the Christian festival coming up this week: Hag Hamolad, Festival of the Birth. A virgin birth, quite unbelievable. It is an...
Iraqi Christians Are Racing Against Time
JNS.org - Before the Islamic State swept across the Nineveh Plains in the summer of 2014 -- driving more than 100,000 Christians into exile in Kurdistan -- some 5,000 Syriac-Catholic...
For Some, Sex Appeal Is Part of Jihad’s Lure
Earlier this month, the US State Department issued a new travel warning for Americans, cautioning them about traveling to Europe this summer. The extent of that warning was remarkable -- not...
Kurdish Factions Turn Guns on Each Other in Yazidi Homeland
Yazidis living in Iraq's Sinjar region are on edge, due to fighting last week between rival Kurdish factions -- forces aligned with the Kurdistan Regional Government...
Why a Yazidi Woman in Iraq Named Her Newborn Son Trump
As the votes were being counted throughout the United States Tuesday night, a Yazidi woman in Iraq was in labor, finally giving birth to a baby...
Securing a Future for Religious Minorities in the Middle East
JNS.org - You have to wonder if the barbarians fighting under the flag of the Islamic State still believe that 72 virgins will be waiting for...
In Iraqi Kurdistan, a Genocide Before Our Very Eyes (PART TWO)
Part One of this article appeared here. Nothing can prepare one for the level of destruction found in Shingal. The streets are strewn with rubble, housing blown...
In Iraqi Kurdistan, a Genocide Before Our Very Eyes
The two bullet casings are already beginning to rust. Sheikh Nasser Pasha plucks them from the ground. “Look, one is from an AK-47, one from...
The New Terror Threat: Organized Rape
It was a different kind of terrorist attack: a carefully orchestrated, coordinated mass rape and sexual assault on hundreds of women across Cologne, Germany, amongst...
Kaddish for Christian and Yazidi Victims of Islamic State Genocide
JNS.org - Jews should observe a day of remembrance for the Christians and Yazidis being exterminated in the Middle East. Lighting a yahrzeit (memorial) candle and...
Former Congressman Encouraged by Rumored Obama Admin Plans to Label ISIS Atrocities ‘Genocide’
Former US Rep. Frank Wolf told the Investigative Project on Terrorism that the rumors that the Obama administration plans to accept his proposal to classify the...
