It is difficult to even imagine what the Yazidis underwent. Men killed; women taken as slaves. Since they are not one of 'us', most of the world didn't even speak up.

A genetic study of human history revealed something troubling.

One in a while, a certain section of male DNA was wiped out but not the female mitochondrial DNA. This indicates genocide; the men getting killed & the women taken as slaves. History attests to repeated occurrences of this behavior.

The Yazidi plight reveals that this is still an ongoing event. The human society still hasn't figured out how to rid itself of this darkness. Even worse, there is religious sanction for such acts.

Here is an early religious sanction. Numbers 31:17-18 "Now kill all the boys.

And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man." https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+31:17-18

Religious thoughts can be lofty or plumb the depths. This is a base religious thought that has somehow stood the test of time.

Once people are divided into 'us' & 'others', the 'others' can be dehumanized without rights. This 'othering' of the Yazidis is the root-cause of their plight.

To reduce these recurrences, it is time to shine a spotlight on all the religious verses that dehumanize the 'other' & call for violence & enslavement. At least, we can start removing the religious sanction for this behavior.