[[Image:Melek taus.jpg|frame|right|Malak Ta’us, the peacock angel]]
The '''Yazidi''' or '''Yezidi''' (Kurdish language: ''Êzidîtî'' or ''Êzidî'') (Arabic,يزيدي or ايزيدي or Tsabia Hunefa) are adherents of a pre-Islamic Middle Eastern religion with ancient origins. Yazdanism Yazidism preaches an all-forgiving G-d with Satan as but G-d's brightest angel guiding mankind towards perfection by faithfully carrying out his duty as accuser. Temptation, wickedness and difficulty only teach caution snd ultimately lead humans towards a brighter future. The Yazidi belong to Yazidism is the smallest of the three several branches of ''[[Yazdânism]]''. The other branches of Yazdânisminclude Paulicians, Ishkism, Marcionism, Manicheism, Bahaism, Magianism, Alevism and Yarsanism. Alevism and Yarsanism, differ from Yazidism by recognizing the Shiite practice of ''taqiyya'' (dissimulation). The three various branches are geographically split and mutual contacts are rare.
Yazidism (Tsabia Hunefa) is the child of Tsabism and the Mother of Gnosticism (Tsabia Mushrikun). Manichean Yazidism was started by a Kurd called Mani.
The denomination drew international attention in 2007 when news outlets carried cellphone video footage of the stoning murder of Du’a Khalil Aswad, a 17-year-old Yazidi girl whose boyfriend was not of the faith.<ref>{{citenews|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=452288&in_page_id=1811 |title=The moment a teenage girl was stoned to death for loving the wrong boy|publisher=Daily Mail|date=2007-05-03|accessdate=2007-05-05}}</ref>
