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Faiths of Kurdistan

The faiths of Kurdistan include Islam and its Sufi orders, Alevism, Yazidism, Yarsan, Judaism and Christianity, each represented by its own community.

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Faculty of Kurdish Studies
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  1. Faruk Mergen (2025). YAZIDISM. Bidge Yayınları eBooks. DOI 10.70269/10.70269/2754264676
  2. Traces of Yaresan–Alevism in Pre-Islamic Kurdish Poetry (2025). Alevi Ansiklopedisi. DOI 10.68413/aleviansiklopedisi.wkkw6
  3. Alevism and Sacred Texts in Kurdish Batinism (2025). Alevi Ansiklopedisi. DOI 10.68413/aleviansiklopedisi.xf5bu
  4. Shahab VALİ (2022). Wateya Peyvên “Kurd” û “Goran” di Metnên Dînî yên Yarsan De. Nubihar Akademi. DOI 10.55253/2022.nubihar.1208445
  5. Azad Rashid (2026). Untitled Yarsan Kalam – Anonymous Copyist — 1301 AH [1883 CE] — SAMPLE. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20599869

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01Fields

The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.

  • Islam and the Sufi orders
  • Alevism
  • Yazidism
  • Yarsan
  • Kurdish Jews
  • Christians of Kurdistan

02Classification

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SchemeCodeSteward
OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.26.3OECD
ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013)0221UNESCO Institute for Statistics

03Courses

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04Communities of practice

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06Related service subsites

  • Heritage

    History from the Zagros to today, memory, faiths, arts, literature and food.

  • Research

    Kurdish studies: the observatory, reading lists and new research.

07More in this department

  • Open

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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Faiths of Kurdistan. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-faiths/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Faiths of Kurdistan.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-faiths/.

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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Faiths of {Kurdistan}},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-faiths/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/kurdish-faiths/},
}

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08Research and sources

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  1. YAZIDISM

    Faruk Mergen · 2025 · Bidge Yayınları eBooks

    ChapterOpenAlexCrossrefOpenAIRE

  2. Traces of Yaresan–Alevism in Pre-Islamic Kurdish Poetry

    2025 · Alevi Ansiklopedisi

    ChapterOpenAlexCrossrefOpen accessCC-BY

  3. Alevism and Sacred Texts in Kurdish Batinism

    2025 · Alevi Ansiklopedisi

    ChapterOpenAlexCrossrefOpen accessCC-BY

  4. Wateya Peyvên “Kurd” û “Goran” di Metnên Dînî yên Yarsan De

    Shahab VALİ · 2022 · Nubihar Akademi

    ArticleCrossrefDOAJOpen access

  5. Untitled Yarsan Kalam – Anonymous Copyist — 1301 AH [1883 CE] — SAMPLE

    Azad Rashid · 2026 · Zenodo

    BookDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  6. Kurdish Alevism

    Ahmet Kerim Gültekin · 2019 · Working paper series of the HCAS "Multiple secularities – beyond the west, beyond modernities"

    ReportOpenAlexCrossrefOpen access

  7. 19. Yüzyıl Yarsan Edebiyatında Hacı Bektâş-i Veli İmgesi

    Shahab Vali, Sevda Orak Reşitoğlu · 2025 · Milel ve Nihal

    ArticleCrossrefDOAJOpen access

  8. A Survey of the Roots and History of Kurdish Alevism: What are the Divergences and Convergences between Kurdish Alevi Groups in Turkey?

    Suavi Aydin · 2020 · Kurdish Studies

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  9. Kashkul of Ghulamreza (کەشکوڵی غوڵامڕەزا) — Yarsan Majmu’a, 1895 CE

    Azad kakey, Azad Kakey · 2026 · Zenodo

    BookDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  10. YAR0036 – Klam-e Abedin (Zahaw copy, 1973) – Yarsan manuscript from Iranian Kurdistan

    Azad Rashid · 2026 · Zenodo

    BookDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  11. YAR0037 – Dafter-e Derwish Nawroz (1953, copied by Murad Khalifa) – Yarsan manuscript

    Azad Rashid · 2026 · Zenodo

    BookDataCiteZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  12. The Şîn Tradition: Lament as Memory and Resistance in Kurdish Alevism

    2025 · Alevi Ansiklopedisi

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