What is it about?
Yezidis are dispersed between their respective homelands and a growing Western diaspora, which leads to processes of 'modernising' the religion.
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Why is it important?
First thoughts on developments in transnational Yezidism.
Perspectives
Reflects on the role of Western academic research and its possible impact on Yezidi identity and practice.
Prof. Dr. Robert Langer
Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen
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This page is a summary of: Yezidism between Scholarly Literature and Actual Practice: From ‘Heterodox’ Islam and ‘Syncretism’ to the Formation of a Transnational Yezidi ‘Orthodoxy’, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, December 2010, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13530194.2010.524441.
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