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The majority of Alawites are Turks, but many are Kurds, some of whom speak the Zaza dialect. A syncretistic form of religion found only among the Kurds is the Yezidi sect. It is believed to be derived from Zorastrianism but influenced by Ismaili Shiism.
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Kurds have almost never had a country of their own. "Kurdistan" is the mountainous area where the borders of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey meet. The average altitude is 6,000 feet (1,950 meters) and much of ... Yazidism is a small religion that combines aspects of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. A very few Kurds are Christian.
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tenets of islam ottoman empire islam faq religion around the world religious minorities: Religion in Turkey: Armenians and Kurds. ... Xenophon also recorded the presence of the Kurds. Contemporary linguistic evidence has challenged the previously held view that the Kurds are descendants of the ... Critiquing Religion...
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atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/islam/countries/bl_TurkeyArmenians.htm
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Even though the Kurds claim is valid, the Turks and Iraqis have chosen to ignore it and have tried to wipe out the Kurds. Second, and probably most important, is that this conflict involves cultural geography. The Kurds are ethnically and culturally different from both the Turks and the Iraqis.
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www.cyberessays.com/History/65.htm
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A Washington Post report with background information about the Kurds. ... A largely Sunni Muslim people with their own language and culture, most Kurds live in the generally contiguous areas of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia and Syria – a mountainous region of southwest Asia generally known as Kurdistan ("Land of the Kurds").
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/daily/feb99/kurdprofile.htm
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The three surviving major divisions of this religion are Yezidism (in west and west-central Kurdistan, ca 2%of all Kurds), Yarsanism or the Ahl-i Haqq (in ...
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www.xs4all.nl/~tank/kurdish/htdocs/facts/religion.html
www.xs4all.nl/~tank/kurdish/htdocs/facts/religion.html
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The following information, KURDS and KURDISTAN : Facts and Figures, was published in The International Journal of Kurdish Studies. ... People ; Language ; Religion ; Demographic Trends ; Maps...
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Turkey's Kurds: A Theoretical Analysis of the PKK and Abdullah Ocalan - The Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) is examined here in this text on Kurdish nationalism. Incorporating recent field-based research results and newly translated material on Abdullah Ocalan,... ... By Ali Kemal Özcan ... Add to Cart;
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www.routledgereligion.com/books/Turkeys-Kurds-isbn97804...
www.routledgereligion.com/books/Turkeys-Kurds-isbn9780415366878
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The majority of Kurds are Sunni Muslims. Kurdish dialects belong to the northwestern branch of the Iranian languages.
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