Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the Park Foundation dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen foundation. Narrator Khalil Aldakhi is returning to his village in Northern Iraq eight months after isis overran the area. He is a yazidi, a religious minority targeted by isis. In august 2014, isis massacred hundreds of yazidi men. And as they stormed the region they took an estimated 3,000 women and children captive. horns
Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the Park Foundation dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. And Additional Support from koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen foundation. Narrator Khalil Aldakhi is returning to his village in Northern Iraq eight months after isis overran the area. He is a yazidi, a religious minority targeted by isis. In august 2014, isis massacred hundreds of yazidi men. And as they stormed the region they took an estimated 3,000 women and children captive. horns
Around 200 million members of the faith are persecuted globally. In egypt, for instance, members of the coptic orthodox minority are regularly subjected to violent attacks. Churches are burned, and copts are often murdered. And christians are not the only targets. In myanmar, the government is accused of persecuting the rohingya, a muslim minority. In Northern Iraq in 2014, Terror Organization Islamic State seized control of areas inhabited by yazidis, a religious community. The groups holiest site is located in the lalisch valley. The peacock is an important symbol to yazidis. It represents the angel melek taus, who for them acts as an intermediary between god and the faithful. Yazidism has about a million adherents worldwide. And in Northern Iraq, theyve been brutally persecuted by is. Were visiting refugee camps dotted around the province of dohuk in Northern Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of yazidis have fled to this kurdish region to escape the socalled Islamic State. This camp, call