The Temple of Sheikh Zewa Name Sivan, the third most important temple of Yazidi religion. Le Temple de Cheikh Zewa Nom Sivan, le troisième plus important temple de la religion yézidie.

© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence

Fryal 18 years old a female from the Yazidi eligious minority, prays at the Zewa Name Sivan, third most important temple of Yazidi religion in Khanke, after escaping from Islamic State militants (ISIS) captured. Fryal she was shot in her left arm and her husband was killed by ISIS militants, trying to flee Sinjar also known as Shingal a town in Iraq's Nineveh province near Mount Shengal, hundreds of Yazidis, a religious minority group. The settlement, known as Khanki, is located in a province just north of Iraq's second largest city, Mosul. Tens of thousands of Yazidis were run out of their homes. the Iraq's Yazidi religious minority as they hide from the Islamists who call them "devil worshippers" and will kill them if they try to return to their homes. The Yazidis are a small community that follows a 4,000-year-old faith and have been repeatedly targeted by jihadists who call them "devil-worshipers" because of their unique beliefs and practices. Khanke-Iraq

Lieu : DOHUK, IRAQ

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