A Question to Turkish MP Gülcan Kaçmaz Sayyiğit – Why Use the Ezidis to Play Victim?

Why use the Ezidis to play victim when you yourself radiate typical oppressor behaviour? Have you forgotten how the fact has come to be that there are no Ezidis (or other minorities, for that matter) left in Van? Van which you proudly claim as your hometown. Have you forgotten how you ancestors massacred the Ezidis from Van so that you can spread your roots in Van? 

Et spørgsmål til den tyrkiske parlamentsmedlem Gülcan Kaçmaz Sayyiğit – Hvorfor bruge Ezidierne til at spille offer?

Hvorfor bruge Ezidi-folket til at spille offer, når du selv udstråler typisk undertrykkeradfærd? Har du glemt, hvordan det er blevet sådan, at der ikke er nogen Ezidier (eller andre minoriteter for den sags skyld) tilbage i Van? Van, som du stolt hævder som din hjemby. Har du glemt, hvordan dine forfædre massakrerede Ezidierne fra Van, så du kunne sprede dine rødder i Van?

The Hidden Faces of Evil

Recently the news about the ISIS leader “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi” surfaced on the internet, after his wives and daughter gave an interview on Al-Arabiya. Al-Baghdadi has allegedly been killed in a US operation in northwestern Syria in 2019, however, during his time as an IS fighter, he has held more than 10 Ezidi children and women as slaves in his household. According to the narratives of the wives and his daughter; the Ezidi girls and women were treated “well”.  This is a concerning statement which Ezidi Times finds crucial to address.

Fejrer Ezidier ‘Newroz’?

Newroz, en ældgammel tradition, der betyder “Ny Dag,” har en dyb kulturel og historisk betydning for millioner af mennesker verden over. Oprindeligt som nytårsaften-fejring for forskellige indo-iranske samfund, fungerer Newroz som et vidnesbyrd om den rige menneskelige arv og den vedvarende ånd af fornyelse. Men indenfor den komplekse struktur af Ezidi-religionen ‘Sharfadin’, en distinkt religiøs og etnisk minoritet, afslører fejring af Newroz lag af kompleksitet, der berører spørgsmål om identitet, tradition og politisk manipulation.

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