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A Kurdish Yazidi teenager was stoned to
death, by Kameel Ahmady
26.4.2007
Bt Kameel Ahmady- London, Contributing Writer |
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Kurdish Yazizdi teenager was stoned to death her
family in city of MOSUL
April 26, 2007 - Mosul,
(Northern Iraq)
According to a Kurdish website up to 1000
men from Yezidi Kurdish community of MOSUL city
killed a deserted (run away) teenager who’s only
crime was running away and marry a Muslim man who
she loved and later converted to his religious.
Since four months ago the girl had been given
shelter by local Muslim Sheik. It was reported that
in the last few days her family persuaded her to
return back home convincing her that she had been
forgiven by her parents and relatives for her
mistake.
In a short mobile video clip which appears to have
been taken by locals at seen of the murder, the girl
is seen being ambushed on her way home by a group of
up to 1000 men who were waiting for her to return
and killed her in the most brutal way possible, by
throwing large stones on her head.
The following
clips show that while she is alive and crying for
help she is taunted and kicked in her stomach until
someone finishes her off by throwing a large stone
on her face.
From the clips it appears that the girl was first
stripped naked to symbolise that she had dishonoured
her family and her Yezidi religion.
She is lying on
the road naked while her smashed face is covered
with blood and still breathing.
According to the website and footage from the clip a
number of armed local police officers were present
who in fact helped the crowd to kill the woman
rather than preventing the crime.
Sometime later the
Iraqi army arrived at the scene and refused anyone
entry including the press.
Killing women for reasons of honour, shame and
religion dose happens in regions of Kurdistan and
Iraq. The above incidents are not uncommon in some
of the deeply religious and traditional communities. |
Dua Khalil Aswad, The teenager was dragged outside
by 8 or 9 men and stoned for half an hour until she
died. Her boyfriend is now in hiding in fear for his
life
Photo: taken from Kurdistannet.org |
For long violence against women is commonly used as
a political and religious weapon and as a means of
social control.
There is no honour in murder
Kameel Ahmady- London
** The Yazidi or Yezidi are primarily ethnic Kurds.
The origins of Yazidism are ultimately shrouded in
Middle Eastern prehistory. Although the Yazidis
speak Kurdish
Yazidis in Iraq & Kurdistan
It is alleged by some that during the regime of
Saddam Hussein, Yazidis were considered to be Arabs
and maneuvered to oppose the Kurds, in order to tilt
the ethnic balance in Kurdistan (northern Iraq), but
this cannot be entirely substantiated. It is known,
however, that the Yazidi's unique identity, despite
being ethnically Kurdish, was in fact used by the
Baathist regime to isolate one from the other.
However, both groups fought against Baathist troops,
often in joint Peshmerga units. Since the 2003
occupation of Iraq, the Kurds want the Yazidi to be
recognized as ethnic Kurds to increase their numbers
and influence.
Religious significance
The Yazidis consider Melek Taus to be a benevolent
angel that has redeemed himself from his fall, and
has become a demiurge who created the cosmos from
the Cosmic Egg. After he repented, he cried for 7000
years, his tears filling 7 jars, which then quenched
the fires of hell.
Melek Taus is sometimes transliterated Malak Ta'us
or Malik Taws. In Semitic languages, malik variably
means "king" or "angel". Taus is
uncontroversially translated "peacock"; however, it
is important to note that peacocks are not, at least
currently, native to the lands where Melek Taus is
worshipped.
This has lead some to speculate that the worship of
Melek Taus was imported from India, though it is
more likely the peacock iconography is a development
from earlier representations depicting the god as a
native fowl, such as a bustard.
The Yazidi believe
that the founder of their religion, Sheikh Adi Ibn
Mustafa, was an avatar of Melek Taus. In art and
sculpture Melek Taus is depicted as peacock. The
Yazidi are thought to be unique in their depiction
of their primary god as a bird.
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