<div dir="ltr">Here's a more scholarly article I found on line:<br><br><b><font size="5"><a name="YAZIDIS">YAZIDIS</a>IM</font></b>
<p style="word-spacing:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><b><font color="#008080" size="3">A
Heterodox Kurdish Religion</font></b></p>
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<p style="word-spacing:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><b><font>By:
CHRISTINE ALLISON</font></b></p>
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<td align="center" width="316"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Images2/Misc/Yazidi_symbol.gif" border="0" height="251" width="250"></td>
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<p style="word-spacing:0px" align="left"><i><b><font>Table
of Contents:</font></b></i></p>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/_themes/cais/achaemenid_lotus2.gif" height="9" hspace="16" width="10"></td><td valign="top" width="100%">
<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Introduction"><i>Introduction</i></a></font></p></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/_themes/cais/achaemenid_lotus2.gif" height="9" hspace="16" width="10"></td><td valign="top" width="100%">
<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Origins"><i>Origins</i></a></font></p></td></tr>
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<p style="word-spacing:0px"><i><font><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#History%20and%20Development">History
and Development</a></font></i></p></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/_themes/cais/achaemenid_lotus2.gif" height="9" hspace="16" width="10"></td><td valign="top" width="100%">
<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Geographical%20Distribution%20and%20Identity"><i>Geographical
Distribution and Identity</i></a></font></p></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/_themes/cais/achaemenid_lotus2.gif" height="9" hspace="16" width="10"></td><td valign="top" width="100%">
<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Religious%20Belief%20and%20Practice"><i>Religious
Belief and Practice</i></a></font></p></td></tr>
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<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><i><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Pilgrimage">Pilgrimage</a></i></font></p></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/_themes/cais/achaemenid_lotus2.gif" height="9" hspace="16" width="10"></td><td valign="top" width="100%">
<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><i><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Prayer">Prayer</a></i></font></p></td></tr>
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<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><i><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Festivals">Festivals</a></i></font></p></td></tr>
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<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><i><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Purity%20and%20Taboos">Purity
and Taboos</a></i></font></p></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/_themes/cais/achaemenid_lotus2.gif" height="9" hspace="16" width="10"></td><td valign="top" width="100%">
<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><i><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Social%20and%20religious%20groups">Social
and religious groups</a></i></font></p></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/_themes/cais/achaemenid_lotus2.gif" height="9" hspace="16" width="10"></td><td valign="top" width="100%">
<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><i><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Textual%20traditions">Textual
traditions</a></i></font></p></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="http://www.cais-soas.com/_themes/cais/achaemenid_lotus2.gif" height="9" hspace="16" width="10"></td><td valign="top" width="100%">
<p style="word-spacing:0px"><font><i><a href="http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions/iranian/yazidis.htm#Bibliography">Bibliography</a></i></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></b><br clear="all"><div>This articles states that most Yazidis speak Kurdish, with a few exceptions that speak Arabic.<br>
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