LALISH FOR YEZIDS

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
May 24 2007

A temple for Yezids will be built in the Republic of Armenia. It will
be called "Lalish", by analogy with the Ezid temple complex situated
in the north of Iraq.

RA leadership has granted consent to the construction of Lalish,
leader of the World Yezdi Union Aziz Tamoyan told IAA DE FACTO. The
temple will be built in the suburb of Zovuni village, near Yerevan.

"Lalish is our sacred object. Each Yezid should have the opportunity
to serve our religious ceremonies and pray to our gods. Armenia is
a tolerant country, where Yezids have been granted the opportunities
to preserve ethnical originality and develop national culture", Aziz
Tamoyan said. "We are grateful to RA government for positive response
to our request", he added.

Tamoyan noted over 500 000 Yezids had been killed in Turkey in
1915-1918, while thousands of Yezids living in Armenia had lost their
relatives during the Genocide.

An account has been opened at Ardshininvestbank. The account’s number
is 247010004692/0001. Contact line in Yerevan is 091413855.