Yazidis
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The Yazidi (also Yezidi) are a Kurdish ethnoreligious group with Iranian peoples roots, originally from Yazd province. They are a separate branch of the Abrahamic religion tree. Their religion blends monotheism with Zoroastrianism and the religions of ancient Mesopotamia. Infant boy circumcision and Infant baptism are practised.[1][2] The Yazidis live in the Nineveh province of northern Iraq, alongside the Christian Assyrians. In Asia, there are other Yazidi communities in Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkey, and Syria. Still, they have been fewer since the 1990s, with most of their members emigrating to Europe, mainly Germany.[3][4]