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{{Short description|Yazidi religious leader (1933–2020)}}
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'''Khurto Hajji Ismail''' ([[Kurmanji]]: Xurto Hecî Îsmaîl) is the current ''Baba Sheikh'' or ''Axtîyarê Mergê Bavê Şêx'', religious leader, of the [[Yazidi]] community of [[Iraq]].<ref>United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ''[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/46deb05557.pdf UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers]''. Geneva, August 2007</ref> He has held this position since 2007. He lives in [[Ain Sifni]], Iraq.<ref>{{cite news|title=What you did not know about Iraq's Yazidi minority|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/alarabiya-studies/2014/08/11/What-you-did-not-know-about-Iraq-s-Yazidi-minority-.html|accessdate=7 October 2014|agency=Al Arabiya Institute for Studies|publisher=Al Arabiya|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>
'''Khurto Hajji Ismail''' (1933 – 1 October 2020,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=1 October 2020|title=Baba Sheikh koça dawî kir|url=https://www.rudaw.net/kurmanci/kurdistan/0110202012|access-date=1 October 2020|language=ku}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1 October 2020|title=نادیە موراد: بابەشێخ بەچاوی رێز و خۆشەویستییەوە مامەڵەی لەگەڵ رزگاربووانی ئێزدی دەکرد|language=ku|work=Rûdaw|url=https://www.rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/0110202019?ID=539410#Article539410|access-date=1 October 2020}}</ref> {{langx|ku|Xurto Hecî Îsmaîl}}) was the [[Yazidi social organization#Baba Sheikh|Baba Sheikh]] of the [[Yazidi|Yazidis]] until his death in 2020.<ref name=":0" /><ref>United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ''[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/46deb05557.pdf UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers]''. Geneva, August 2007</ref> He held this position since 2007. He lived in [[Ain Sifni]], Iraq.<ref>{{cite news|title=What you did not know about Iraq's Yazidi minority|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/alarabiya-studies/2014/08/11/What-you-did-not-know-about-Iraq-s-Yazidi-minority-.html|access-date=7 October 2014|agency=Al Arabiya Institute for Studies|publisher=Al Arabiya|date=August 11, 2014}}</ref>

He played an important role in reintegrating Yazidi society by helping the community avoid feuds and reintegrating thousands of Yazidi women and girls rescued from [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] slavery and by declaring that all those who had been [[Forced conversion|forced to convert]] to [[Islam]] should be accepted back into the Yazidi community.<ref name="Middle East Eye"/><ref>{{cite book|title=The Power of Women|last=Mukwege |first=Denis |authorlink=Denis Mukwege |page=241 |publisher=[[Flatiron Books]] |year=2021 |edition=1st |isbn=978-1-250-76919-0}}</ref>

He died on 1 October 2020 in a hospital in [[Erbil]], aged 87. He had entered hospital two days before with heart and kidney problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/011020205 |title=Yezidi spiritual leader dies at 87 |publisher=Rudaw |date=1 October 2020 |access-date=2 October 2020}}</ref> His funeral was attended by thousands of Yazidis, governmental and partisan officials, and Islamic as well as Christian religious figures and was buried in Bozan village of Sheikhan district of Iraq's Nineveh Governorate.<ref name="Middle East Eye"/>


==Visits==
==Visits==
In 2011, after a six-day visit to [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] during which he met the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia [[Ilia II of Georgia|Ilia II]], Baba Sheikh left [[Tbilisi]] to pay an official visit to the [[Holy See|Vatican]], where he met Pope [[Benedict XVI]].<ref name=pope>{{cite news|title=His Holiness Akhtiyare Marge Bave Shekh met with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI |url=http://sarhad.ge/main.php?mode=12&cat=main&sub=2&id=913&lang=en |accessdate=12 October 2014 |work=sarhad.ge |agency=Yezidi of Georgia |date=30 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425122713/http://sarhad.ge/main.php?mode=12&cat=main&sub=2&id=913&lang=en |archivedate=April 25, 2012 }}</ref> During this visit, Baba Sheikh attended a conference held in [[Assisi]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia|title=25th Assisi World Day Of Prayer For Peace: Joys, Blessings And Hopes|work=The Huffington Post|date=31 October 2011}}</ref> on 27–28 October, where the main theme was the peaceful coexistence of different religions.<ref name=pope/>
In 2011, after a six-day visit to [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] during which he met the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia [[Ilia II of Georgia|Ilia II]], Baba Sheikh left [[Tbilisi]] to pay an official visit to the [[Holy See|Vatican]], where he met Pope [[Benedict XVI]].<ref name=pope>{{cite news|title=His Holiness Akhtiyare Marge Bave Shekh met with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI |url=http://sarhad.ge/main.php?mode=12&cat=main&sub=2&id=913&lang=en |access-date=12 October 2014 |work=sarhad.ge |agency=Yezidi of Georgia |date=30 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425122713/http://sarhad.ge/main.php?mode=12&cat=main&sub=2&id=913&lang=en |archive-date=April 25, 2012 }}</ref> During this visit, Baba Sheikh attended a conference held in [[Assisi]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia|title=25th Assisi World Day Of Prayer For Peace: Joys, Blessings And Hopes|work=The Huffington Post|date=31 October 2011}}</ref> on 27–28 October, where the main theme was the peaceful coexistence of different religions.<ref name=pope/>

On 29 October 2014, the Baba Sheikh visited the Hindu [[Murugan Temple of North America]] in Washington, D.C., and attended the prayer ceremonies held there and prayed for peace on the Earth.<ref name="JECS">{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/40123495|title=Yezidis in ancient India, or Indians in ancient Mesopotamia?: Re-imagining Ancient Yezidi Origins|last=Sanders|first=Mija A|date=August 2019|publisher=Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Murugan Temple">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHXLkDVnAuI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/AHXLkDVnAuI |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Yezidi Baba Sheikh visits Murugan Temple in Washington DC|last=Harrigan|first=Patrick|date=19 November 2014|publisher=Patrick Harrigan|access-date=21 November 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Tahseen Said]]
*[[Tahseen Said]]
*[[Yazidism]]
*[[List of Yazidi settlements]]
*[[Yazidis]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 08:42, 22 December 2024

Khurto Hajji Ismail
TitleBaba Sheikh (بابه‌شێخ)
Personal life
Born1933 (1933)
Died1 October 2020(2020-10-01) (aged 86–87)
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Religious life
ReligionYazidism[1]
LineageSheikh Fakhradin[2]

Khurto Hajji Ismail (1933 – 1 October 2020,[3][4] Kurdish: Xurto Hecî Îsmaîl) was the Baba Sheikh of the Yazidis until his death in 2020.[3][5] He held this position since 2007. He lived in Ain Sifni, Iraq.[6]

He played an important role in reintegrating Yazidi society by helping the community avoid feuds and reintegrating thousands of Yazidi women and girls rescued from ISIS slavery and by declaring that all those who had been forced to convert to Islam should be accepted back into the Yazidi community.[2][7]

He died on 1 October 2020 in a hospital in Erbil, aged 87. He had entered hospital two days before with heart and kidney problems.[8] His funeral was attended by thousands of Yazidis, governmental and partisan officials, and Islamic as well as Christian religious figures and was buried in Bozan village of Sheikhan district of Iraq's Nineveh Governorate.[2]

Visits

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In 2011, after a six-day visit to Georgia during which he met the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, Baba Sheikh left Tbilisi to pay an official visit to the Vatican, where he met Pope Benedict XVI.[9] During this visit, Baba Sheikh attended a conference held in Assisi[10] on 27–28 October, where the main theme was the peaceful coexistence of different religions.[9]

On 29 October 2014, the Baba Sheikh visited the Hindu Murugan Temple of North America in Washington, D.C., and attended the prayer ceremonies held there and prayed for peace on the Earth.[11][12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Allison, Christine (2017). "The Yazidis". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.254. ISBN 978-0-19-934037-8.
  2. ^ a b c Menmy, Dana Taib (5 October 2020). "Yazidi leader Baba Sheikh leaves legacy as champion of women seized by Islamic State". Middle East Eye.
  3. ^ a b "Baba Sheikh koça dawî kir" (in Kurdish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ^ "نادیە موراد: بابەشێخ بەچاوی رێز و خۆشەویستییەوە مامەڵەی لەگەڵ رزگاربووانی ئێزدی دەکرد". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). UNHCR's Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers. Geneva, August 2007
  6. ^ "What you did not know about Iraq's Yazidi minority". Al Arabiya. Al Arabiya Institute for Studies. August 11, 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  7. ^ Mukwege, Denis (2021). The Power of Women (1st ed.). Flatiron Books. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-250-76919-0.
  8. ^ "Yezidi spiritual leader dies at 87". Rudaw. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  9. ^ a b "His Holiness Akhtiyare Marge Bave Shekh met with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI". sarhad.ge. Yezidi of Georgia. 30 October 2011. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  10. ^ Dr. Tarunjit Singh Butalia (31 October 2011). "25th Assisi World Day Of Prayer For Peace: Joys, Blessings And Hopes". The Huffington Post.
  11. ^ Sanders, Mija A (August 2019). "Yezidis in ancient India, or Indians in ancient Mesopotamia?: Re-imagining Ancient Yezidi Origins". Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  12. ^ Harrigan, Patrick (19 November 2014). "Yezidi Baba Sheikh visits Murugan Temple in Washington DC". Patrick Harrigan. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
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