Posted: Aug 09, 2014 12:29 pm
Their calender seems to begin about 6,000 years ago.
But their founder died in the 12th century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi#Origins
So the Torygraph is the incorrect one.
According to the Yezidi calendar, April 2012 marked the beginning of their year 6,762 (thereby year 1 would have been in 4,750 BC in the Gregorian calendar).
But their founder died in the 12th century.
The origin of the Yazidi religion is now usually seen by scholars as a complex process of syncretism, whereby the belief system and practices of a local faith had a profound influence on the religiosity of adherents of the 'Adawiyya Sufi order living in the Yezidi mountains, and caused it to deviate from Islamic norms relatively soon after the death of its founder, Shaykh 'Adī ibn Musafir, who is said to be of Umayyad descent. He settled in the valley of Laliş (some thirty-six miles north-east of Mosul) in the early 12th century. Şêx Adî himself, a figure of undoubted orthodoxy, enjoyed widespread influence. He died in 1162, and his tomb at Laliş is a focal point of Yazidi pilgrimage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi#Origins
So the Torygraph is the incorrect one.