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Sharaf al-Deen temple shrine, the second-holiest place for the Yazidis
Sharaf al-Deen temple shrine, the second-holiest place for the Yazidis after the shrine at Lalish. protected by a small number of fighters, Qasim Shesho (C)Yazidi fighter, head of the Sinjar Protection Forces, is a hero to the Yazidi community the "old tiger" of Mount Sinjar, He battled to protect the mountain's holy shrine of Sharaf al-Deen that the Sunni jihadists, Islamic State (ISIS) wanted to burn down. Yazidis, whose ancient religion has elements of Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam, suffered grievously after Islamic State's rapid offensive last year. Hundreds were killed and thousands captured, enslaved and raped by the Sunni Muslim militants, who consider Yazidis devil worshippers. Sinjar-Iraq
Author: Alfred Yaghobzadeh
Alfred Yaghobzadeh