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| The Yezidis worship the Blue Peacock and the devil |
Watch Obama's speech below.
Obama has decided to help the Yezidis, the devil worshippers of Iraq on Mt. Sinjar. Obama gave an 8 minute speech to the nation but barely mentioned the persecuted Christians of Iraq but he seemed to have a lot to say about the Yezidis. Humm?
This article was written by Sean Thomas. I'm in a community hall, on the outskirts of Celle, a north German town.
On the walls are pictures of dark blue peacocks. Sitting at various tables
around the room are dozens of Devil worshippers. At least, that's what some
people call them.
Though we don't know it yet, right now several suicide bombs are going
off near Mosul in Iraq, killing maybe 400. The victims belong to the same faith
as those gathered here today.
They are Yezidi. And I'm here to unearth the reality of their
fascinating religion. Why do they have such troubled relations with outsiders?
Do they really worship the Devil?
The Yezidi of Celle are one of the largest groups of their sect outside
the homeland of Kurdish Iraq. There may be 7,000 in this small town. Yezidi
across the world number between 400,000 and 800,000.
Today the Yezidi in Celle don't seem keen to talk. I'm not surprised: I
have been warned about their wariness of strangers, born of centuries of
appalling persecution.
Eventually a dark, thickset man turns to me. He points to one of the
peacocks on the wall: "That is Melek Taus, the peacock angel. We worship
him." He sips his tea, and adds: "Ours is the oldest religion in the
world. Older than Islam; older than Christianity."
After this cryptic statement he returns to his friends.
Luckily there is another Yezidi organisation in Celle that is said to be
more forthcoming. On the way to meet its spokesman, I go through the bizarre
beliefs of the Yezidi.
It's an impressive list. The Yezidi honour sacred trees. Women must not
cut their hair. Marriage is forbidden in April. They refuse to eat lettuce,
pumpkins, and gazelles. They avoid wearing dark blue because it is "too
holy".
They are divided strictly into castes, who cannot marry each other. The
upper castes are polygamous. Anyone of the faith who marries a non-Yezidi risks
ostracism, or worse. Some weeks ago a young girl was stoned to death by her
Yezidi menfolk in Iraq; she had fallen in love with a Muslim and was trying to
convert. The sickening murder was filmed, and posted on the internet, adding to
the Yezidis' unhappy reputation.
Yezidism is syncretistic: it combines elements of many faiths. Like
Hindus, they believe in reincarnation. Like ancient Mithraists, they sacrifice
bulls. They practise baptism, like Christians. When they pray they face the
sun, like Zoroastrians. They profess to revile Islam, but there are strong
links with Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam.
It's a remarkably confusing picture. And I still haven't got an answer
to the main question: do they worship "Satan"?
In the centre of town I am greeted by Halil Savucu, a westernised
spokesman for the Yezidi. Also with us is Uta Tolle, a German scholar of
Yezidism.
In Halil's Mercedes we drive into the suburbs. On the way, the two of
them give me their view of the faith. "Yezidi is oral, not literary,"
says Uta. "This is why it is sometimes hard to pin down precise beliefs.
There are religious texts, like the Black Book, but they are not crucial. The
faith is really handed down by kawwas, sort of musical preachers."
And who is Melek Taus? Halil looks slightly uncomfortable: "We
believe he is a proud angel, who rebelled and was thrown into Hell by God. He
stayed there 40,000 years, until his tears quenched the fires of the
underworld. Now he is reconciled to God."
But is he good or evil? "He is both. Like fire. Flames can cook but
they can also burn. The world is good and bad."
For a Yezidi to say they worship the Devil is understandably difficult.
It is their reputation as infidels - as genuine "devil worshippers" -
that has led to their fierce persecution over time, especially by Muslims.
Saddam Hussein intensified this suppression.
But some Yezidi do claim that Melek Taus is "the Devil". One
hereditary leader of the Yezidi, Mir Hazem, said in 2005: "I cannot say
this word [Devil] out loud because it is sacred. It's the chief of angels. We
believe in the chief of angels."
There are further indications that Melek Taus is "the Devil".
The parallels between the story of the peacock angel's rebellion, and the story
of Lucifer, cast into Hell by the Christian God, are surely too close to be
coincidence. The very word "Melek" is cognate with
"Moloch", the name of a Biblical demon - who demanded human
sacrifice.
The avian imagery of Melek Taus also indicates a demonic aspect. The
Yezidi come from Kurdistan, the ancient lands of Sumeria and Assyria. Sumerian
gods were often cruel, and equipped with beaks and wings. Birdlike. Three
thousand years ago the Assyrians worshipped flying demons, spirits of the
desert wind.
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| Pazuzu |
One was the scaly-winged demon featured in The Exorcist: Pazuzu.
The Yezidi reverence for birds - and snakes - might also be extremely
old. Excavations at ancient Catalhoyuk, in Turkey, show that the people there
revered bird-gods as long ago as 7000BC. Even older is Gobekli Tepe, a
megalithic site near Sanliurfa, in Kurdish Turkey (Sanliurfa was once a
stronghold of Yezidism). The extraordinary temple of Gobekli boasts carvings of
winged birdmen, and images of buzzards and serpents.
Taking all this evidence into account, a fair guess is that Yezidism is
a form of bird-worship, that could date back 6,000 years or more. Over the
centuries, new and powerful creeds, such as Islam and Christianity, have swept
through Yezidi Kurdistan, threatening the older faith. But, like a species that
survives by blending into the landscape, Yezidism has adapted by incorporating
aspects of rival religions.
We've reached Halil's house. "Look at this," he says, showing
me a picture of the peacock angel, and a copper sanjak - another representation
of Melek Taus. When I have taken some photos, we all sit down to spaghetti
bolognaise, with Halil's wife and their chatty kids. It suddenly seems a long
way from the weirdness of Devil-worship, and the violence of the Middle East.
"We Yezidi are not saints," says Halil, "but we are a
peaceful people. All we want is tolerance. We do not worship evil, we just see
that the world contains good as well as bad. Darkness as well as light."
His words are timely. While we eat our pasta, the news comes through
from Iraq of the bloody slaughter of Yezidi near Mosul. Halil is deeply
distraught. "I feel absolute shock and horror, I feel sick to my stomach.
All Yezidi are my family. But we are so alone in the world. We need friends.
Many Yezidi would like to leave Iraq, but no one will give us visas."
He sighs, and adds: "The Yezidi have been persecuted for thousands
of years, we are used to it. But we thought the new Iraq would protect
minorities. We thought that things would get better when the Americans
came…" And then he turns, and stares at the serene blue image, of the
great peacock angel.
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In its weekly report issued on
July 31, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that 82 percent of the state of
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suburbs is mirrored by the shrinking of the state’s reservoirs.
The drought in California in 20011 and now.
A Hamas leader said, “God Moved Our
Missiles We Couldn't Hit Our Israeli target”
"One would think that the 10 percent or so of Hamas rockets predicted by
Iron Domes radars to hit populated areas that are not intercepted would still
cause significant Israeli casualties. But somehow, they don’t ... We do aim
[our rockets], but their God changes their path in mid-air, a Hamas commander
was said to have told someone who wondered why Gaza-based militants cant seem
to hit their targets." Hey, dummy, maybe God is trying to tell you something.....it is time to switch to a true God - Yeshua Hamaschiach!
An Israeli soldier aiding in the
operation of Israel's missile defense system -- Iron Dome -- related how some
mysterious wind intervened to stop a Hamas missile from striking a very
important target.
"I witnessed this miracle with my own eyes. It was not
told or reported to me. I saw the hand of God send that missile into the
sea." -Iron Dome Battery Commander
(Israel)—Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system has been
wildly successful during the current Gaza war, but on occasion it can and does
miss incoming terrorist rockets.(Photo via Israel Today)
One would think that the 10 percent or so of Hamas rockets predicted
by Iron Dome's radars to hit populated areas that are not intercepted would
still cause significant Israeli casualties. But somehow, they don't.
An earlier, unconfirmed report floating around the Internet had a
Gaza resident attributing the lack of Hamas accuracy to Israel's God moving the
rockets off-course to protect His people.
"We do aim [our rockets], but their God changes their path in
mid-air," a Hamas commander was said to have told someone who wondered why
Gaza-based militants can't seem to hit their targets.
In remarks relayed to an Israel news site (Hebrew), the Iron Dome
battery commander recalled:
"A missile was fired from Gaza. Iron Dome precisely
calculated [its trajectory]. We know where these missiles are going to land
down to a radius of 200 meters. This particular missile was going to hit either
the Azrieli Towers, the Kirya (Israel's equivalent of the Pentagon) or [a
central Tel Aviv railway station]. Hundreds could have died.
"We fired the first [interceptor]. It missed. Second
[interceptor]. It missed. This is very rare. I was in shock. At this point we
had just four seconds until the missile lands. We had already notified
emergency services to converge on the target location and had warned of a
mass-casualty incident. (Photo via Israel National News)
"Suddenly, Iron Dome (which calculates wind speeds, among
other things) shows a major wind coming from the east, a strong wind
that...sends the missile into the sea. We were all stunned. I stood up and
shouted, 'There is a God!'
"I witnessed this miracle with my own eyes. It was not told
or reported to me. I saw the hand of God send that missile into the sea."
Also last week, Col. Ofer Winter, commander of the Givati Infantry
Brigade, described a mysterious fog that favorably covered [him] and his troops
as they advanced on an enemy position in morning light, after their nighttime
raid was postponed.
Col. Winter labeled the covering as "clouds of glory."
Earlier in the Gaza war, Col. Winter sparked heated national
debate when he encouraged his troops to lead the charge against an enemy that
"curses, defames and abuses the God of Israel." Col. Winter concluded
his letter by praying that the "Lord your God go with you, to fight for
you against your enemies and to save you."
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And this is the religion of peace? |
This is the
jihad that Obama aided and abetted in
ushering in. This is Obama’s Libya — after his surrender in Benghazi.
The
abduction of this young Filipino Christian took place only a few days after a Filipino construction worker was
beheaded, amid allegations that he was killed for not being a Muslim.
But the UN
seeks to prosecute Israelis for “war crimes” for defending themselves against this pox against humanity.
Every rational and freedom-loving man
cannot fathom why the world is submitting to such savagery.
“Six Muslims Abduct Xtian Nurse From Her
Home, And Gang Rape Her Over And Over Again,” by Eliyokim Cohen via Shoebat, August
6, 2014
A Filipino Christian nurse in Libya was
abducted by Muslims from her home and gang raped by up to six Muslim
men. According to one report:
A Filipino nurse has been kidnapped and
gang-raped in the Libyan capital of Tripoli.
The woman was seized outside her residence
on Wednesday and taken to an unknown location, where she was sexually abused by
up to six men, the Philippines’ Foreign Affairs spokesman Charles Jose told
reporters.
She was released about two hours later and taken to hospital for treatment.
The incident took place only a few days
after a Filipino construction worker was beheaded, amid
allegations he was killed for not being a Muslim.
Following the latest incident, the
Filipino government called for the evacuation of its 13,000 citizens in
Libya, which has been rocked by violence in the last few months.
A recent report explains how the
Filipino government is now evacuating all of its people from Libya:
The Philippines has dispatched its foreign
secretary to oversee the evacuation of 13,000 citizens from Libya after a
Filipino construction worker was beheaded and a nurse gang-raped
there.
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said
on Thursday he was flying to Djerba island in neighboring Tunisia to “try to
convince our people to leave [Libya] because the situation there is very
dangerous”.
The Philippine government ordered a
mandatory evacuation on July 20,hours after the discovery in Benghazi city
of the beheaded remains of a Filipino construction worker who had
been abducted five days earlier.
On Wednesday a Filipina nurse was abducted
by a gang of youths outside her residence in the capital Tripoli, then taken
elsewhere where she was gang-raped by up to six suspects, the foreign
department said.
She was released about two hours later
and a Filipino consular team took her to hospital for treatment, a foreign
department spokesman said.
“We condemn these crimes that have been
committed against our people,” President Benigno Aquino’s spokesman Herminio
Coloma said in Manila.
Why would the Muslims do this? Because
their Filipino victims were Catholics, and anyone who has read Church History,
will know what vicious and violent hatred Islam has had for the Papacy from the
beginning. One news agency connected the rape and the beheading to the
anti-Catholic vitriol of the Muslims in Libya:
Despite broad acceptance, the Filipino
community has been harassed by Islamic extremists, because of the Catholic
faith practiced by most Filipinos.
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