I have written about the situation in Iraq for many years
now and as predicted the country of Iraq, for all intents and purposes, is now
divided into three parts: Sunni, Shia and Kurd. The United States needs now to
recognize this fact and quit trying to unite these three sectors; it’s a natural
split…live with it!
The plight of the YAZIDIS piqued my interest as I have been
studying the history of the region for many years.
Iraq, for all its current images of a desolate, dry and
dirty country has an immense presence in our world history; it is after all the
birthplace of civilization as reported by many historians.
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is thought
of as where the Biblical “Garden of Eden” was located and therefore where Adam
and Eve emerged from. It is also where the Biblical Abraham came from (Ur) and where
Jacob (Israel) the founder of the nation of Israel, spent most of his time.
This is where the Assyrian and Babylonian empires flourished
(the area was known as Mesopotamia) and where the Jews of Judah (Jerusalem)
were exiled to and where the Torah (first five books of the Old Testament) was
written and compiled.
The area was conquered and settled many times and after the
conquest by the Arab Muslims from Saudi Arabia it became known as a center of
learning especially in Mathematics, Astronomy and Medicine. It is hard to
believe but the world, including Western Civilization, benefited greatly by the
knowledge coming out of this area.
What happened?
That is a long story but suffice it to say that people using
religion as a dictatorial tool can squash learning/education to prevent
opposition to their rule from developing and in so doing, push the people into the
darkness of superstition and with it economic hardship.
The Yazidi are said to be followers of Zoroasterism which is
an ancient belief system developed by Zoroaster way before any main religions
were in existence. In fact, many of the main religions of today copied many of
the tenets of Zoroaster in formulating their belief systems.
The fact that the Yazidis still exist and are among other
peoples including Christians that still exist there is fascinating to me as a student
of history who loves to trace how these peoples were originally introduced into
the area. If you watch the videos of the people (Yazidi) in the area you will
notice children with blond and red hair; results of the many invasions in the
past.
The ISIS (State of Iraq & Syria) or the Levant is
another invader and a good example how Muslim peoples sank into their pitiful
state after a history of so much promise. These are religious barbarians hell
bent on bringing back the Islamic Caliphate to the area; a time in history
where a Caliph (successor to Muhammad) elected by the Sunni would be the
absolute ruler. This is a Sunni concept; the Shia believe a religious Imam
should be the Caliph.
The fact that they are offering the Yazidi the chance to
convert to Islam or be killed shows how truly barbaric these people are. In
history, the Caliphs allowed other religions to exist and even flourish in
their domains but they did require a tax to be paid for the privilege; ISIS
makes that offer to Christians but not to the Yazidis; probably because the
Sunni do not recognize their religion as even a legitimate religion.
I would agree that ISIS needs to be wiped out totally as a
lesson to future idiots trying to create an Islamic Caliphate and I think many
Muslims no matter Sunni or Shia will agree with that.
I like the idea of arming the Kurds to the hilt so they can
do the job for us as well as continuing our air strikes. The Iraqi army as well
as the Iraqi government are hopeless and hapless and will not, I believe, be
able to function effectively as a unit any time soon.
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