Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "伊布力斯" in Chinese language version.
Unfortunately, as Russell notes, the Yazidis also identify this most potent of angels with Azazael or Iblis, “which in the Muslim tradition (and the Jewish and Christian ones, for that matter) are names for the greatest of angels, who rebelled against God and was cast down into hell—in short, the devil.” This is why, over the centuries, many outsiders have unjustly accused the Yazidis of being “devil worshipers.” Of such nuances is religious hatred born.
As are the Yazidis who pray to Melek Taus. This deity, often conflated with both Satan and Iblis, is a formerly malevolent peacock god who redeemed himself in an act of divine apocatastasis, his tears quenching the flames of hell which elevated him to the most beloved in the eyes of God.
Unfortunately, as Russell notes, the Yazidis also identify this most potent of angels with Azazael or Iblis, “which in the Muslim tradition (and the Jewish and Christian ones, for that matter) are names for the greatest of angels, who rebelled against God and was cast down into hell—in short, the devil.” This is why, over the centuries, many outsiders have unjustly accused the Yazidis of being “devil worshipers.” Of such nuances is religious hatred born.
As are the Yazidis who pray to Melek Taus. This deity, often conflated with both Satan and Iblis, is a formerly malevolent peacock god who redeemed himself in an act of divine apocatastasis, his tears quenching the flames of hell which elevated him to the most beloved in the eyes of God.
Unfortunately, as Russell notes, the Yazidis also identify this most potent of angels with Azazael or Iblis, “which in the Muslim tradition (and the Jewish and Christian ones, for that matter) are names for the greatest of angels, who rebelled against God and was cast down into hell—in short, the devil.” This is why, over the centuries, many outsiders have unjustly accused the Yazidis of being “devil worshipers.” Of such nuances is religious hatred born.
