The Sharfadin temple in

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is an 800-year old

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temple built in honor of Sheikh Sherfedin. It is considered by Yazidis as one of the holiest places on earth. The temple is made of a pale yellow stone, with two cones atop the building. At the tip of each cone are three gold balls and a crescent reaching skyward. In August 2014, the temple was the site of a battle where 18 lightly armed Yazidi

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fighters under the command of Qasim Shesho successfully held off a larger and better equipped

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force with armored vehicles, mortars, and rockets that had attacked the shrine as part of the Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL.

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{{Reflist Yazidi holy places

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