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May 4, 2015

Catholics join efforts to save Yezidi

Hundreds of Yezidis took to Toronto streets last summer to call attention to the plight of minorities under Islamic State rule.

TORONTO - For Ghina Al-Sewaidi — lawyer, Muslim and Iraqi-Canadian — the correct word to describe Islamic State attacks on Yezidi and Mandaean people is genocide. The correct response is to sponsor the survivors through Canada’s refugee system.

Published in Canada