Yazidis in Germany

Yazidis in Germany may refer to people born in or residing in Germany of Yazidi origin, an ethnic group[6] or Kurdish group[1] who are strictly endogamous.

[7][8] There is a large Yazidi community in Germany, estimated to be numbering around 60,000 - 120,000 people.

Many Yazidis fled to Germany during the 1990s fearing religious persecution in Turkey.

[1] In August 2014, German Yazidis held protests against the Islamic State and called for an immediate end of the Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL.

[3][9] Three commanders of the Yazidi militias who fought against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq have lived for various years in Germany.