The impact of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's campaign on Yezidi religious structures and pilgrimage practices.

Al-Marashi, Ibrahim

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“…At the same time, the local religious roots of Yezidis living in exile/diaspora were destroyed. By this “religious cleansing” of persons and physical structures, ISIS seeks to create a homogenous neo-Salafi space [20].…”

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Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis

Jäger

Rammelt

Ott

et al. 2019

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The Yezidis who represent a religious minority living in Northern Iraq were particularly affected by the persecution by ISIS (Islamic state of Iraq and Syria, syn.: ISIL—Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant) that gained power after 2013. This paper gives an overview of the events and the mental health consequences on the Yezidi community as well as associated influences on affected female Yezidis. Based on a systematic literature search, the aspects of “Persecution by ISIS and actual situation of the Yezidi community”, “Gender-specific aspects of the persecution and its consequences”, “Mental health of the affected women”, and “Cultural–historical and religious context” are worked out. Research indicates a high burden of health strain and mental health problems in the surviving Yezidi women, especially post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) and depression. Concerning transgenerational trauma, the recent genocide has revived past experiences in the history of the community. Like the narrow cultural and religious rules of the community, this can be both a resource and a burden. The actual extent of the attacks is neither predictable for the affected individuals nor for the community, consequences could also be passed onto descendants. Long-term care and support of the affected persons, their descendants, and the Yezidi community seems indispensable.

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confidence: 99%

Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis

Jäger

Rammelt

Ott

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Deploying destruction: Islamic State, international actors, and public opinion in Mosul

Meskell,

Isakhan

2023

International Journal of Cultural Policy

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The Islamic State’s destruction of Yezidi heritage: Responses, resilience and reconstruction after genocide

Isakhan

Shahab

2019

Journal of Social Archaeology

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After conquering large swathes of northern Iraq, the Islamic State undertook an aggressive genocidal campaign against the Yezidi people in which they not only executed and enslaved thousands of innocent civilians, but also damaged or destroyed several key Yezidi temples and shrines. Drawing on a small sample of in-depth semi-structured interviews with Yezidi men and women from two regions conquered by the Islamic State, this article documents the effect this wave of persecution has had on these Yezidi individuals. It finds that the attacks by the Islamic State on Yezidis and their heritage sites have caused considerable suffering among the community, in part because of their inability to practise their intangible religious rituals and customs. However, the Yezidi people have also demonstrated remarkable resistance and resilience to the Islamic State genocide in terms of returning to their ancient homelands, reconstructing their heritage sites and the re-emergence of their intangible religious heritage practices. The article concludes by noting that the new insights gleaned from these interviews are a step towards better understanding the relationship between tangible and intangible heritage in the wake of conflict, genocide and mass heritage destruction.

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The impact of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's campaign on Yezidi religious structures and pilgrimage practices.

Cited by 3 publications

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Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis

Narrative Review: The (Mental) Health Consequences of the Northern Iraq Offensive of ISIS in 2014 for Female Yezidis

Deploying destruction: Islamic State, international actors, and public opinion in Mosul

The Islamic State’s destruction of Yezidi heritage: Responses, resilience and reconstruction after genocide

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