Through a Masarat-organized- visit a number of women represent Iraqi religious minorities, Yazidis, Christians, and Mandaeans, has managed to visit Najaf.
The visit witnessed a lecture on Iraqi religious minorities at the chair of the interfaith dialogue at Kufa University, a visit to Ali shrine, a meeting with religious leaders (Ayatollah) in Najaf, and a meeting with at Daar Al-Ailim Imam Khoei’s Hawza’s teachers .
The visit ended with Masarat discussion on minority’s women at Najaf Intellectuals Union.
Mohammad Ishaq Al-Fayyad, a top Shia cleric, laid emphasis on the fact that Yazidizm is a monotheist religion, in that Yazidids’ women and money are re respected for any Muslims.
On the other hand, Fayyad underlined yazidis rights to citizenship and freedom of religion, stressing nobody has any right to force Yazidis to give up their religion.
Fayyad informed of detailed reports by Princess Amiae Bayezid Ismail, a representative of Yazidids, Nadia Fadel Mgmas, the General Director of Mandaean Endowments, Rafaah Hussain Thiahir and Qada Igeeb Abood, representatives of Mandaeans, Ann Sami Aziz, a representative of Christians, and other representatives.
