) are a Kurdish ethno-religious community whose syncretic but ancient religion Yazidism (a kind of Yazdânism) is linked to Zoroastrianism and ancient Mesopotamian religions. They live primarily in the Nineveh Province of northern Iraq, a region once part of ancient Assyria and capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Additional communities in Armenia, Georgia and Syria have been in decline since the 1990s as a result of significant migration to Europe, especially to Germany. The Yazidis are monotheists,*[http://books.google.com/books?ei=AScPVMjKKeGu8AH7m4CoDA&id=_47XAAAAMAAJ&dq=yezidi+monotheist&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=monotheistic The Religion of the Yezidis: Religious Texts of the Yezidis: Translation, Introd. and Notes, by Giuseppe Furlani, J.M. Unvala, 1940 -- "The religion of the Yezidis is monotheistic," p.3] - Source: Wikipedia
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