the destruction of the yezidis, by vicken cheterian (le monde
They refer to the 2014 events as the 3rd massacre, using the word firman, Ottoman term for the decree, referring to 19th-century massacres by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to bring Yezidi areas under state control, impose military service and taxes, and make them convert to Sunni Islam. Yezidis did not..…