Lalish the holiest shrine in the Yazidi faith,
November 14, 2014, Lalish,Iraq: A Yazidi woman ties and unties a knot in a piece of colorful fabric a ritual at The holiest shrine in the Yazidi faith, covering the tomb of a revered Yazidi sheikh Adi in the holy village of Lalish in Iraq's northern Kurdish mountains, Yazidis are one of the world's oldest monotheistic minorities.They follow a faith born in Mesopotamia more than 4,000 years ago. It is rooted in Zoroastrianism but has, over time, blended in elements of Islam and Christianity, Yazidis pray to God three times a day facing the sun and worship his seven angels the most important of which is Melek Taus, or Peacock angel. Muslim Extremists consider the peacock a demon figure and refer to Yazidis as devil worshippers. The Yazidis have been pushed out of houses and into the treacherous Sinjar mountains.Those that have refused to move from their houses are being viciously hunted down by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Hundreds of women and young girls have been taken away as brides for jihadis and given the choice of conversion or death. (Alfred Yaghobzadeh/Polaris)