THE HAGUE --- The Yazidi people of Iraq have an ancient heritage and follow a faith believed to pre-date Islam or Christianity. But that heritage and their continued existence is threatened by ISIS, which has targeted the Yazidis for genocide. Representatives of the Yazidi minority brought their accusations of genocide before the International
Iraq’s Yazidis Take Claims Of Genocide By ISIS To International Criminal Court
The claims of genocide against the Yazidi minority include summary execution of hundreds of men, the rape of thousands of women, and the abduction of children who are forced to convert to Salafist Islam.