Today we’re looking at the Yarsanis, or the Ahl-i Haqq, another small syncretic religious minority that is active mostly among Kurds in western Iran and eastern Iraq. With only at most about three million of them in the world and pressure from Islamist extremists on one side and the Iranian government on the other, they’re struggling to maintain their u…
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PODCAST 11-01-2018: The Yarsanis
PODCAST 11-01-2018: The Yarsanis
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Foreign Exchanges is a newsletter that helps you stay on top of important stories happening around the world. Our companion podcast aims to understand the contemporary world by looking to the past. Join host Derek Davison as he interviews writers and scholars whose work sheds light on world history.
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