Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Persecution of Yazidis" in English language version.
Massacres at the hands of the Ottoman Turks and Kurdish princes almost wiped out the Yazidis during the 19th century.
Throughout history, there was no shortage of attempts by Kurdish Muslims to violently convert the Yazidis to Islam.
The Yazidis were nearly wiped out in massacres which were committed against them by Turks and Kurds.
In one incident, Kurdish intelligence officers arrested two Yazidi activists, Khalil Rashu Alias and Wageed Mendo Hamoo, in May 2007. The two told Human Rights Watch that Kurdish authorities imprisoned the pair for almost six months and tortured them for resisting what they called the Kurdish colonization of their territory in Sinjar.
