Yazidis
‘You are not alone!’ Pope makes final appeal to Iraqi Christian community
By Claire Giangravé — March 7, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On his last full day in Iraq, Francis told Christians to forgive their oppressors, the better to put their energy toward restoring their country.
The pope’s Iraq visit will make headlines. Can it make life better for religious minorities?
By Knox Thames — February 26, 2021
(RNS) — A sense of foreboding plagues efforts to return Christians and Yazidis to their homelands.
On Sukkot, think of the Kurds
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 17, 2019
(RNS) — While, as Tom Petty sang, we don’t have to live like refugees, we do have to remember what it means to live like a refugee.
Trump condemns religious persecution amid refugee squeeze
By Elana Schor — September 26, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — The president's promise rang hollow to advocates for persecuted religious minorities seeking refuge in the United States.
Trump aims to protect persecuted Christians, but some aren’t sure he’s helping
By Jack Jenkins — July 25, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — An increasingly vocal band of advocates and experts says the Trump administration’s refugee policies are out of sync with its promises to protect religious minorities from persecution, especially Christians, Yazidis and other groups in the Middle East.
Nadia Murad’s Nobel win explained: Who are the Yazidis?
By Christine Allison — October 7, 2018
(The Conversation) — Nadia Murad's work against sexual violence, which has won her a share of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, came after suffering persecution by ISIS for being a Yazidi.
Rebuilding with US funds, Iraq’s minority religious communities still await security
By Jack Jenkins — July 13, 2018
(RNS) — U.S. evangelical leaders have applauded a move to fund the restoration of Iraqi religious minority communities through USAID. But most parties involved say the real vexing issue is security.
Christians and Yazidis in Iraq stand on the brink of extinction
By Chris Smith — October 5, 2017
(RNS) — U.S. Rep Chris Smith, R-N.J., blames 'U.S. government bureaucrats' for the failure to provide promised aid to persecuted religious minorities in Iraq.
Collecting human rights prize, Yazidi lawmaker calls travel ban ‘unfair’
By Adelle M. Banks — February 8, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) 'Iraqis are not terrorists,' said Vian Dakhil as she received a human rights prize. 'We are friends and allies.'
Yazidi human rights leader won’t be able to pick up her award
By Josephine McKenna — February 1, 2017
(RNS) Vian Dakhil worked tirelessly on behalf of up to 700,000 Yazidis threatened by the Islamic State group's ethnic-cleansing campaign. But President Trump's travel ban prevents her from coming to the U.S.
Yazidis risk all to flee Islamic State
By Jerome Socolovsky — November 27, 2016
DUHOK, Iraq (Reuters) - Mass Yazidi graves have been found since Kurdish forces retook areas north of Sinjar in December 2014, and the town itself in November 2015, but Islamic State had already transferred many Yazidis to other areas, including Tal Afar.
Activists: West is ignoring genocide of Middle East religious minorities
By Lauren Markoe — September 8, 2016
(RNS) The plight of Christians in the Middle East is all but ignored, say their advocates.
US says Islamic State committed genocide against Christians
By Reuters — March 17, 2016
WASHINGTON -- The State Department says the designation by Secretary John Kerry does not create a legal obligation for the United States.
What naming ISIS’ actions ‘genocide’ would mean to Christians (COMMENTARY)
By Jennifer A. Marshall — March 16, 2016
(RNS) To not say the truth would give Islamic militants a green light, says one Iraqi priest.
Clinton: Islamic State ‘wiping out Christians’ is genocide
By Reuters — December 30, 2015
She said it was the word for "deliberately destroying lives and wiping out the existence Christians and other religious minorities."
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