Islamic militias destroy a Yazidi shrine in the village of “Shah Deira” ..
A legal body confirms the destruction of 17 Yazidi shrines in Afrin
Afrinpost
Activists in the countryside of Afrin; the occupied Kurdish region, said that the Islamic militias of the Turkish occupation and the Muslim Brotherhood organization, known as the “Free Army / National Army,” deliberately destroyed the “Shrine of Sheikh Rakab” because it is a Yazidi shrine in the village of “Shah Deira / Shah al-Deir”. The Yezidi religion is one of the ancient religions of the Kurds.
Activists added that the shrine is located in the middle of a cemetery for the Yazidi Kurds in the village of “Shah Deira / Shah Deir”, a cemetery for most of the Yazidis in areas “Dashta Juma” villages (Jalma, Iska / Iskan, Shah Deira and Ghazawiya), and enjoys a high status among the Yazidis of the region.
The activists added the information with a video showing the destruction and vandalism of the shrine. Islamic militias have turned the shrine into a urination site, in disregard of the feelings of the indigenous Yazidi Kurds and their desire to insult the beliefs and beliefs of a segment of the Kurdish people.
Activists also added that the Islamic militants are digging inside the shrine by compressors to search for archaeological finds that they believe could be found in the yard and inside the shrine.
Kurdish activists appealed to all the good forces in the world and human rights organizations to intervene to stop all abuses and crimes committed by the Turkish occupation through its militants against Afrini land and people, as well as violations against the Yezidis.
Nearly 17 shrines of the Yezidi religion have been documented, which have been tampered with or destroyed in whole or in part by the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries from the so-called Syrian National Army factions, the most important one is the shrine of Sheikh Barakat, which was used by the Turkish occupation as a military base. According to the Kurdish Legal Authority.
