Sema
Mahma Khalil Ali Agha has accused Syrian leader Ahmad al-Shar‘a (Al-Julani) of working to clear Syria of the Ezidi religious community and other religious minorities.
Religious minorities are a trust in the hands of the United Nations, the international community, human rights organizations, the United States, the European Union, and the international coalition tasked with combating ISIS terrorist gangs and extremism in the Middle East.
The Ezidi community in Syria is facing a genocide. There are around 1,200 Ezidi families, approximately 6,000 people, and this genocide is considered the 75th and is being carried out in a manner similar to what Ezidis experienced in Iraq. If the United Nations, international powers, and human rights organizations do not intervene, they will all bear responsibility before God and humanity, as this ongoing genocide is a stain on the face of humanity.
We call on the Iraqi government, through its influence and authority, to stand with the Ezidis in Syria as well as in the Kurdistan Region, and we appeal to President Masoud Barzani, who is known as the protector of the Ezidi community, humanity, and the righteous in the world.
We also call on religious authorities, who have forbidden the shedding of Ezidi blood and dishonor, to issue fatwas to assist Ezidis in Syria.
The Kurdish people and the Ezidi religious community are being subjected to genocide, identity-based killings, and demographic changes by Al-Julani’s militias, who yesterday killed the Syrian people and today continue killing based on identity—an utterly unacceptable practice.
The Syrian Democratic Forces fought ISIS and paid a heavy price. Therefore, the international community must stand with the Ezidis and the Kurdish population in Syria, who are facing the most brutal killings in Aleppo, Sheikh Maqsood, Al-Ashrafieh, and especially the eastern parts of Aleppo, including the Castello front, areas long historically inhabited by the Kurdish people and the Ezidi religious community.