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- The Cambridge History of the Kurds
- The Cambridge History of the Kurds
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Legacies
- Part II Regional Political Developments and the Kurds in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Part III Domestic Political Developments and the Kurds in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Part IV Religion and Society
- 19 Religion in Kurdistan
- 20 Religion and Politics in Turkey’s Kurdistan from the Beginning of the Republic
- 21 ‘Kurdish’ Religious Minorities in the Modern World
- 22 The Kurdish Alevis
- 23 Tribes and Their Changing Role in Kurdish Politics and Society
- Part V Kurdish Language
- Part VI Art, Culture and Literature
- Part VII Transversal Dynamics
- Index
- References
21 - ‘Kurdish’ Religious Minorities in the Modern World
from Part IV - Religion and Society
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2021
- The Cambridge History of the Kurds
- The Cambridge History of the Kurds
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Additional material
- Introduction
- Part I Historical Legacies
- Part II Regional Political Developments and the Kurds in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Part III Domestic Political Developments and the Kurds in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Part IV Religion and Society
- 19 Religion in Kurdistan
- 20 Religion and Politics in Turkey’s Kurdistan from the Beginning of the Republic
- 21 ‘Kurdish’ Religious Minorities in the Modern World
- 22 The Kurdish Alevis
- 23 Tribes and Their Changing Role in Kurdish Politics and Society
- Part V Kurdish Language
- Part VI Art, Culture and Literature
- Part VII Transversal Dynamics
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter discusses religious traditions that had their origin in Kurdish-speaking regions, notably Yezidism and Yarsanism (the religion of the Yaresan, Ahl-e Haqq, or Kaka’i), with some reference to the Alevis of the Dersim (Tunceli) area, the Shabak and the development of a Kurdish Zoroastrian community in the Kurdish Autonomous Region. The chapter offers an outline of the characteristics of the main traditions discussed here, points to similarities between them and describes their recent history in the homelands, particularly after the IS attacks that began in 2014.
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- The Cambridge History of the Kurds , pp. 533 - 559Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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