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| Yazidis say alleged mosque attack stokes tensions in Shingal |
| 2023-04-29 |
| [Rudaw] Yazidis on Friday are worried about what they said are attempts to disturb the peace in Shingal after accusations that members of the religious minority had set fire to a mosque in the northern Iraqi city. A protest was held in Shingal on Thursday against the recent return of several Arab families to the region where Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not reallyMoslems... (ISIS) murderous Moslems committed genocide against Yazidis nearly nine years ago. Videos shared on social media showed demonstrators protesting near the mosque with a small fire burning outside the premises and security forces firing bullets into the air in an attempt to disperse crowd. Moslem groups based in Shingal claimed that the Yazidis had set fire to a mosque during the protest. The incident sparked heated reactions on social media, with some using inflammatory terms to describe Yazidis and calling for justice. Others jumped to the Yazidis' defense and tried to maintain peace between the two sides. Security officials of the Nineveh Joint-Operations Command on Friday morning denied there had been a fire inside the mosque. They called the reports "baseless" and rejected all attempts to drive a wedge between groups living in the diverse province. In 2014, ISIS seized control of much of Nineveh province, including the Shingal area that is a Yazidi heartland. The murderous Moslems killed, kidnapped, and enslaved Yazidis, committing genocide against the minority that has long been persecuted in Iraq. Insecurity and tensions between groups in Shingal remain high more than five years after ISIS was declared defeated in Iraq. The cultural and social center at the Yazidi temple Lalish condemned assaults on religious targets, saying attacking a mosque is "unacceptable." It also condemned spreading misinformation. "Publishing baseless and untrue posts to gain some likes will lead to the end of social peace, therefore relevant authorities must monitor these pages and bring them to justice," read a statement from the center. Mir Hazim Tahsin Bag, the chief of the Yazidi community, also denied the attack on the mosque, telling Rudaw that such behavior is contrary to Yazidi morality. The protest in Shingal follows the recent return of some Arab families to the region where mistrust is still high between Yazidis and Moslems who Yazidis accuse of having ties to ISIS. Badrya Faysal, a Yazidi woman who survived ISIS, told Rudaw on Friday that among the group who recently returned to Shingal, she recognized an ISIS member from her time in captivity. The Iraqi government last week shut down al-Jada 5 camp in Nineveh province where hundreds of families with alleged ISIS ties were living. Residents were given 48-hour notice to vacate the camp. The United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... criticized the closure and called on Baghdad to ensure the safety of the families. The camp housed 1,566 people, almost two-thirds of them children, according to the UN. Ali Jihangir, an official from Iraq’s migration and displacement ministry, told Rudaw that none of the Arab families that have returned to Shingal were from Jada camp. Hazem Tahsin Bey, the Emir of the Yazidis in Iraq and worldwide, expressed his rejection of the attack on the "Al-Rahman" mosque in Sinjar district during demonstrations against the return of displaced Sunni Arab families. "We announce our categorical rejection of the attack on the Rahman Mosque and its burning in Sinjar, and that attacking mosques is not our morals, we Yazidis." Bey said. The cultural and social center for the Yazidis, Lalish, considered the current events in Sinjar district as the result of the “wrong” policy of the Iraqi government, expressing its rejection of any form of violence. The center emphasized that peaceful demonstration is a right and attacking the sanctities of religions is an inappropriate behavior that cannot be accepted by any party. Related: Shingal: 2023-03-28 Excavation work completed in mass graves near Sinjar district, Iraq Shingal: 2023-03-14 Good Morning Shingal: 2023-03-14 Government continues campaign to remove war debris in Shingal Related: Yazidis: 2023-04-27 'Dead or alive': Iraq's Yazidis anxiously await IS-abducted relatives Yazidis: 2023-04-02 Afrin: SNA arrests man for participating in Syria’s Jindires protests, force 2 Yezidi to convert to Islam Yazidis: 2023-03-30 Thread connecting Newroz crime in Syria’s Jindires with ISIS |
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