Last updated: August 27, 2026
Yazidis.info is an independent educational and reference project providing information about Yazidi history, religion, culture, communities, heritage, contemporary issues, and related subjects.
By using this website, you acknowledge and agree to the following disclaimer.
Independent Reference Project
Yazidis.info is not a Yazidi organisation and does not claim to represent or speak on behalf of the Yazidi community.
We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting on behalf of any Yazidi religious authority, community council, political organisation, survivor organisation, cultural association, government body, academic institution, or other organisation unless a specific relationship is expressly disclosed.
Nothing published on this website should be interpreted as an official statement of Yazidi belief, policy, community opinion, or religious doctrine.
Yazidi communities are diverse, and individuals, families, religious authorities, scholars, organisations, and communities may understand or describe particular subjects differently.
Informational and Educational Purposes
The material on Yazidis.info is provided for general informational, educational, and research-reference purposes only.
Although we work to provide accurate and well-sourced information, the website is not a substitute for professional academic research, legal advice, medical advice, psychological advice, religious guidance, humanitarian assistance, or other professional services.
Readers undertaking academic or professional research should consult the original sources cited on individual pages rather than relying solely on our summaries.
Sources and Accuracy
Our editorial policy is to trace substantive factual claims to identifiable published sources whenever reasonably possible.
Sources may include:
- academic books and monographs;
- peer-reviewed research;
- university publications;
- United Nations documentation;
- reports from reputable NGOs and human-rights organisations;
- archival materials;
- historical documents;
- primary-source collections;
- community publications;
- oral-history projects;
- interviews and first-person testimony where appropriately documented.
The inclusion of a source does not mean that Yazidis.info endorses every conclusion, interpretation, or statement contained in that source.
Sources can contain errors. Older scholarship may employ terminology or assumptions that are now disputed. Academic interpretations can change as new evidence becomes available.
For that reason, information published on Yazidis.info should not be considered infallible or final.
Scholarly Interpretation and Community Understanding
Particular care is required when writing about Yazidi religion, identity, sacred traditions, history, terminology, and social practices.
Academic descriptions of a tradition may not always correspond to how Yazidis themselves understand that tradition.
Where reliable evidence allows, Yazidis.info seeks to distinguish between:
academic interpretation,
historical-source claims,
institutional findings, and
Yazidi community understandings or testimony.
When credible scholars disagree, we aim to identify the disagreement rather than presenting one interpretation as universally accepted.
When a community understanding differs from an external academic interpretation, we aim to make that distinction clear.
Readers should therefore pay attention to attribution and sourcing rather than assuming every statement on the site represents a universal Yazidi position.
Religious Information
Yazidis.info is not a religious authority.
Material discussing Yazidi theology, sacred beings, rituals, festivals, oral traditions, religious offices, sacred places, prohibitions, or other religious matters is provided for reference purposes.
Nothing on this website should be interpreted as religious instruction or as determining what a Yazidi person must believe or practice.
Religious traditions may also vary by family, locality, lineage, religious role, historical period, and diaspora community.
Where appropriate, readers seeking authoritative religious guidance should consult qualified Yazidi religious authorities or relevant community institutions.
Historical Atrocities and Sensitive Content
Some pages on Yazidis.info address persecution, forced displacement, genocide, killings, enslavement, sexual violence, abduction, destruction of cultural heritage, mass graves, missing persons, and other traumatic subjects.
United Nations investigations have concluded that crimes committed by ISIL against the Yazidi community included genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Such topics may be distressing.
We attempt to discuss them accurately and respectfully and to avoid unnecessary graphic detail. However, because this website functions as a historical reference, some difficult information may be necessary to explain events properly.
Historical documentation of atrocities should never be interpreted as reducing Yazidi history or identity solely to persecution or victimhood.
Names, Spellings, and Terminology
Readers may encounter different spellings and transliterations of Yazidi names, places, religious terms, and personal names.
Forms such as Yazidi, Yezidi, Êzidî, and other variants may appear in different academic, governmental, linguistic, and community contexts.
The use of a particular spelling on Yazidis.info generally reflects editorial consistency, the terminology used by a cited source, or the context being discussed. It should not automatically be interpreted as a judgment that other forms are incorrect.
We may preserve historical terminology when quoting or describing older sources even when that terminology would not be appropriate in modern editorial writing.
Corrections From Yazidi Readers
Corrections and contextual feedback from Yazidi readers receive priority in our editorial review queue.
If you believe an article:
- misrepresents a Yazidi belief or tradition;
- uses inappropriate terminology;
- presents a local custom as universal;
- confuses scholarly interpretation with community understanding;
- contains a factual or translation error;
- omits important context; or
- relies on an outdated or problematic source,
we encourage you to contact us.
Receiving a correction request does not guarantee that a particular interpretation will automatically be adopted. We review available evidence, attribution, relevant scholarship, and community documentation before making substantive changes.
Where an error is confirmed, we aim to correct it.
No Guarantee of Completeness
Yazidi history and cultural heritage span many regions, communities, historical periods, languages, and types of evidence.
No reference website can document every perspective or source.
The absence of a person, event, tradition, community, interpretation, organisation, or source from Yazidis.info should not be interpreted as a statement that it is unimportant or invalid.
Articles may be expanded or revised as additional reliable sources become available.
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External links are provided for reference and convenience.
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A link does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the organisation, author, publication, political position, religious interpretation, product, or service associated with that website.
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References to researchers, institutions, organisations, activists, political parties, governments, religious authorities, publications, museums, charities, survivor groups, or other entities are made for informational purposes.
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Changes to This Disclaimer
This Disclaimer may be revised as Yazidis.info develops, its editorial practices change, or new legal and operational requirements arise.
The most recent revision date will appear at the top of this page.
Contact and Corrections
Accuracy matters particularly when documenting a living community whose history, religion, and experiences have frequently been interpreted by outsiders.
If you identify a factual error, problematic description, mistranslation, missing attribution, inappropriate terminology, broken source, or other issue, please contact us through our Contact Us page.
Yazidis.info aims to document carefully, attribute clearly, distinguish evidence from interpretation, acknowledge disagreement, and correct mistakes when they are found.