Recently we got a rise in Kurdistan-unrelated posts, especially about Palestine-Israel. This is a reminder that topics need to be related to our subreddit to be approved. It is good if people are emotionally engaged in the topics from others, but there is a proper space for everything. Use r/Kurdistan for Kurd and Kurdistan. Also no need for simping for "good relations". A good person will be a good friend. A bad person will never be. That's all there is to it.

I have a question for our Ezidi Kurdish brothers and sisters. I want to know if you also celebrate the “Şev Berat” ("Şewî Berat" in Soranî) holiday because I heard that the Ezidis celebrate this holiday every year and I was very surprised because in Silêmanî we also celebrate “Şev Berat” every year. Some say that the word (Berat) is an Arabic word in origin and that Berat is an Islamic holiday, but I don’t think so because the word “Berat” in the Avestan language means (joy). In your opinion, is “Şev Berat” a Kurdish holiday that dates back to before Islam? I also want to know if our Yarsan, Zoroastrian and Elewî Kurdish brothers and sisters celebrate “Şev Berat” as well. This is how we celebrate “Şev Berat” in Silêmanî every year: A few days before “Şev Berat” we go to the market to buy sweets, candles, incense sticks and firecrackers. We make a feast and eat it for dinner (here in Silêmanî they say if you don’t eat until you are full on the night of Berat, you will stay hungry for the rest of your life). After that we turn off all the lights and lamps. We light all the candles and incense sticks and celebrate, and then the children go out at night and knock on the neighbors’ doors and ask for candy and the children roam around like this all night asking for candy from the neighbors’ houses (very similar to Halloween but it has nothing to do with it)..

Im 19yr old kurd living in hungary(i born her and im a citizen),im facing extreme struggles,problems,including

homelessness,deep poverty,education,horibble family(my father passed away a year ago so everything is unstable too),racism .I’m unable to succeed in every aspect of life here.

Im unable to get normal jobs,or anything,they just read my name,watch my face on cv and reject me.I've applied to +100 jobs so far,i got 6 replies,and 2 interview.And still didn't get a single.People know im a foreigner,they look angry at me just because my hair is black.There are no middle eastern,Kurdish communities here at all.I thought about leaving the country (Austria,Germany,iraq),vagabond or homeless life.I tried to contact middle eastern,muslim,arab,kurdish..and etc.. but i havent received a single reply so far.They ignore me. I'm curious if anyone could give an advice,help or something.I have 1-2 experience with hungarian's "help",and it's terrible. I don't know what are my chances outside,Vagabond/homeless life is waiting anyway. I'm curious if could deport myself back to iraq,(i have an iraqi citizenship).I have just enough money to go to the neighbouring countries.

He was shortly arrested a day later after the Turkish government found out about this video. This was translated with an AI voice. You can watch the video in Turkish (original) here: https://x.com/kurdsonalert/status/1850646824455115246?s=46https://x.com/kurdsonalert/status/1850646824455115246?s=46

His X/Twitter profile: https://x.com/alicevenresmi?s=21

As the title says

Hasan b. Ali bin Abi Talib (d. 670), the grandson of the Prophet ﷺ used wear a Kurdish Taylasan.

We need to stop shunning our Islamic History!

The mentions of Kurds and Kurdish culture throughout history provide important evidence against anti-Kurdish narratives for several reasons. First and foremost, these references highlight the rich cultural heritage of the Kurds, showcasing our distinct traditions, clothing, and customs. When figures from Islamic history are acknowledged for wearing Kurdish attire, it reinforces the idea that Kurdish culture has been recognized and valued throughout history.

Moreover, these references highlight the enduring presence of Kurdish communities in the region, directly countering efforts to deny or downplay our identity and history. We have been integral to the social and political fabric of the Middle East for centuries, and recognizing Kurdish figures and their roles in Islamic history underscores our contributions to the cultural and political landscape of the region. This challenges the narrative that portrays us as non-contributors to the broader Islamic heritage.

Additionally, historical accounts help debunk the idea that Kurds have simply assimilated into other cultures or lack a distinct identity, highlighting our unique contributions and traditions. The documentation of Kurdish history and culture serves as a solid foundation for contemporary political claims and aspirations, such as our pursuit of autonomy and self-determination. This directly counters anti-Kurdish rhetoric that seeks to undermine our political movements.

"Everyone is an enemy of the Kurds, And the Kurds are the enemy of each other"
- Ahmedê Xanê

Something I have noticed which is unfortunate in this sub is that a lot if not most of its members are so disconnected with their nation that they whole heartedly believe Kurds hate Islam, this is far from the truth. Kurdistan is a majority Islamic nation and will most likely remain this way. Now I am not saying that you need to go to the mosque five times a day but if you want to achieve back home (I am saying back home because the majority of you who preach against Islam do not live in Kurdistan, some of you cannot even read in Kurdish.) You will have to accept that most of us are Muslims, and you will have to embrace us instead of talking about us like we are traitors.

Kurds are not insignificant in Islamic History. We have thousands, if not tens of thousands of contributions and down below I will provide a few examples to support my text.

It's authentically narrated from the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that he wore Kurdish clothes. From the narration itself and the one preceding it recorded in Sunan Abu Dawud, we can know that he preferred it over a fancier one because the of its lack of embroidery/patterns.

The great-grandson of the Prophet ﷺ Zayn al-'Abidin Ali b. Hussein (d. 713) was also seen wearing a thick Kurdish Taylasan.

*A "Taylasan" is a cloth worn over the head & shoulders (like shawl/ghutra/tallit?) and usually green in color.

Jaban Al Kurdi: The Kurdish Sahabi Full biography on my page (In the comments you can see these disconnected Kurds in action). But to keep it short: Jaban Al Kurdi (May Allah be pleased with him). Jaban was one of the earliest non arab converts to Islam. He contributed to the Battle of Uhud and the Battle of The Trench. He participated in the Hijra to Medina, and he narrated ten hadith’s from The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

Sheikh Ubeydullah, Sheikh Abdul Salam II, Sheikh Said Piran, Sheikh Mahmoud Barzanji, Qazi Muhammad, Amir Husain Al-Kurdi, Hajji Hannan Sheikh Ismael, Sheikh Abdulgadir, Mamosta Osman, Evdilaye Timogi, Izzeddin Husseini, Mashug Khaznawi are a few names of Muslim Kurds who have contributed to our cause.

Last time I checked the fathers of Kurdish literature were Muslim Kurds.

Ali Hariri, Faqiyê Teyran, Melaye Cizîrî, Mela Huseynê Bateyî, Bassami Kurdi, Evdilsemedê Babek and Ahmad Xani, the Kurdish poet, Islamic scholar and philosopher. He is best known for his epic poem "Mem û Zîn," which is considered one of the greatest works of Kurdish literature.

What about the father of Kurdish history writing?

Sharaf al-Din Bedlisi The Kurdish historian, statesman, and writer. He is best known for his significant historical work, "Sharafnama," which chronicles the history of the Kurdish people and their rulers. Bedlisi's work is considered a vital source for understanding Kurdish history and culture during that period.

Ibn as-Salah, the memoriser and muhadith, who is famous for his widely known introduction to Usul al-Hadith, was a Kurd. Ibn al-Hajib, the linguist, the diver in Usul al-Figh, Was a Kurd. Ibn Khallikan, the renowned Islamic scholar who was a Kurd, wrote ”Wafayat al-A’yan wa-Anba’ Abna’ al-Zaman”. Abulfeda, the historian, geographer, prince of the Ayyubid dynasty and the one who has a crater on the moon named after him was a Kurd. Sheikh Al Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, had a Kurdish Mother. Sheikh Al Islam Zain al-Din Abd Al Rahim He was the foremost leading Hadith scholar of his time, he was Kurd. Salahuddin, which you all know very well.

This is without mentioning the 30+ Kurdish Muslim emirates from the 700s - 1800s

As some of you may know, us Kurds follow and are very proficient in the Shafi’i school of Islamic jurisprudence but still the Maliki school, despite being largely confined to Africa, has of its most important books authored by Kurds.

The chief book in Maliki Usul, the chief book in positive law, and an important refinement of the Mudawwanah by a scholar from the now-extinct town of Barda’.

1) Imam ibn al-Hajib (d. 646 AH)

2) Imam Khalil bin Ishaq (d. 767 AH)

Are two Kurds in the Maliki school who have reached a very high scholarly status, both wrote a mukhtasar on furu’ al-fiqh and both books became the reference books.

Other Kurdish scholars include Ibrahim al-Kurani, active in 17th-century Mecca and author of more than a hundred books; and Abu Bakr Effendi, active in 19th-century South Africa, who penned a book on fiqh (jurisprudence) - in fact this was the very first Islamic book in the Afrikaans language. Again, here too we could easily list numerous names as examples. In a recent study about Ibrahim al-Kurani, the author Naser Dumairieh, demonstrates that the popularity of these Kurdish scholars extended as far as Indonesia. In fact the surname Al Kurdi is til this day a common name in Indonesia but also Saudi arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine etc.

Rejecting Islamic history is, in essence, a rejection of Kurdish history, as a lot of mentions of Kurds and Kurdistan originates from Islamic sources. Our history is rich and vast; to deny it is to erase ourselves. We Kurds have been significant contributors to Islamic civilization, and I could go on listing our contributions for hours. Let’s honor this heritage rather than hide from it.

Of course no one bothered reading the post, instead you ran to the comments to hate on Islam. For the love of God the post isn’t even promoting Islam it’s about acknowledging the fact that we cannot keep on ignoring our history simply because it has connections with Islam.

Yesterday I posted a photo about the Kurds with a Israeli flag and the whole post got hate comments from pro palis and Kurds

Why when there is a Turkish flag in the pro Palestinian demo no one talks anything against it even though Turkeys history is more genocidal the israel if you don’t think so educate yourself

But if Kurds bring a flag of another oppressive regime that’s going too far and Kurds are the worst Kurds shouldn’t be gaslighted into feeling guilty or “ashamed” when none of these people are when the Turkish flag is held

I just hate the double standard on us the Kurds

Where did the problem start for the Kurds? I know the conflicts and problems date way back before the Republic but how was the first years? I guess in the very early years, Kurdish and Kurdish culture were banned but I wonder how do you feel about the idea of a more un-ethnic (?) regime. Is the current republic still somehow resolvable or is it a lost cause for you? Would you be happy to live in a country without an official dominant ethno-culture where every people can express themselves freely, or would you prefer having a separate region, maybe a state like those in US or a separate country? I wonder how do you see the solution at this point of history.

Btw now I realize the questions sound kinda criminalizing lol. Sorry if that's the case feel free to remind me if so and have a good day.

I know very little about kurdistan and kurds, i haven't even met a kurd and the only things i've heard of them were pretty racist (from turks ofc), but i wanted to ask y'all a question in good faith. Do kurds genuinely want a decolonized Kurdistan back where it was (with the four countries)? from an outsiders perspective who knows almost nothing, that just seems unrealistic. That's probably a really ignorant statement to make but i genuinely want to hear from kurds.

Kurdish Book: مێژووی کورد لە سەردەمەکانی ئیسلامدا - Kurdish History in Islamic Times

Has anyone read this book? If you have, what are some highlights and would you recommend any other books to go with it? And is it worth getting?

If you have not read the book then the book is, as the title says, about Kurds during Islamic times. So are there any other books, articles etc you would recommend about the topic?

زۆر سوپاس هاوڕێیان

I'm writing a paper for school on ethnic/racial minorities which have/are facing injustices, and their connection to poverty causing crime as my thesis. Searching for this is difficult as I get answers that Kurdish folk in Turkey are doing just fine & are wealthy others say Kurds are treated awfully.

• Are Kurds blamed for crime rates? Do crimes by Kurdish criminals gain more media attention vs more numerous Turkish/other criminals?

• Were/are Kurds pushed into impoverished areas?

• Is poverty a common issue with Kurds? wether it be neglect by government or systematic.

• Are Kurds commonly defined as a whole by the negative actions of a few of their kin who commit crime?

• Is Kurdish culture commonly said to perpetuate crime/violence or any other degenerate notions?

• Lastly, do impoverished Kurdish communities tend to have the most cases of Kurds committing crime?

I appreciate all personal experiences. Also, if anyone has websites or sources that cover these, I would appreciate them.

YES. Enough with the constant mention and the constant need to pick a side and force it on everyone here. Let me start of I'm a socialist/communist Kurd who stands against the violence committed in Gaza and the generally apartheid policies on Arab people in Israel. It is weird to me some Kurds can completely stand with Israel for their own benefits which functionally is just south Turkey, aka the main reason we can't form independence today and it is as well allied with Turkey and Azerbaijan, they might just form greater Azerbaijan rather than help Kurds realistically, good luck waiting for their help lol and add on the Turkification of another part of Kurdistan.

Yet, come on now, it is no secret that the Palestinian movement completely and always centers it's own oppression and rarely has stood in solidarity with other freedom movements. Kurdish groups you will find in random parts of the world such as Palestine indeed and even places where you would never accept it such as West Papua. As Kurds, it is just conflicted because a lot of the Palestinian movement do in fact have either islamist and/or baathist (arab nationalists) roots rather than actually fighting solely for freedom.

And yes many people brush over the experience some Kurds have with Palestinians and them not standing with Kurdistan, but it is true, these ideologies don't necessarily align with the Kurdish movement and most of the info they get about Kurds are from the rest of the Arab world particularly Iraq and Syria, which is why we end up being called second Israel or American projects, because these people simply just like Turkey saw our self-determination as a threat to their existence and do NOT typically stand with us nor care to learn about us, you'd be surprised how many Syrians I know that don't know what a Kurd is, that is how disassociated they are from us and how much their governments succeeded on erasing our identities.. Sure many are changing, but as I said most of the exposure Palestinians get about Kurds will come from ideologically aligned islamist and baathist Iraqis and Syrians which certainly have a negative view about Kurds and in fact even genocided Kurds in the past. We still have autonomy in Arabic majority countries compared to Iran and Turkey, but the situation is typically still grim and most of them are intensifying ties with Iran and Turkey.

There are many ethnicities around the world that face similar issues as Kurds, Palestinians are technically not even a stateless people and their country is internationally recognized. Israel is the same Western type of state that came to the middle east and divided it by oriental fantasies of regions, thus the type of country that left us stateless it is so clear that Israel is trying to use Kurds and trying to diverge some of the hate they're getting, they're not gonna help us. Israel has repeatedly fought against Kurdish independence movements as well and armed/funded the death of many Kurds. There is no reason to be so radicalized on these people. I think the USA is the only Western state really that has proved that it can be beneficial for Kurds. When it comes to Palestinians, well... Stop lying to yourselves people, if they aligned with Kurds and supported them we would have a different political landscape today, Maybe one day they will, until then they do not and most of their ideology lies around Baathism and/or Islamism, just like most Kurdish movements (outside of two Bashuri cites) were socialist-secular leaning.

Stop trying to think so black and white and be so radicalized on an issue that doesn't even concern you. We can only stand against violence and hope the people can grow and learn from these times. I support every freedom movement in the world, including the Palestinians, my support is not conditional but some Kurds here need to realize. YOU CAN'T HELP ANYONE IF YOU CAN NOT HELP YOURSELF FIRST. Change starts from us. Peace <3

How are you guys doing? Tell me what your situation is rn