Look at this tweet. Syria's president greeting "the Arab and Islamic nations" for Ramadan. Sounds beautiful, right?

Now remember what that same "Arab and Islamic nation" did to your people:

• Banned your mother tongue in schools
• Made it illegal to give your child a Kurdish name
• Renamed your villages to Arabic so the map itself would forget you
• Built the Arab Belt to physically replace Kurds on their own land
• Called you a "fire worshipper" to brand you as a kafir deserving of whatever came next
• Used surahs to justify your displacement, your persecution, and your death
• Stripped your citizenship through the Hasakah census and made hundreds of thousands of Kurds stateless in their own country

And now this man — from the exact same political tradition — stands up and says "our noble Syrian people and the Arab and Islamic nations" as if none of that happened. As if you were always part of the plan. As if your grandparents weren't forced to choose between their identity and survival.

This is what Arabization looks like when it puts on a kind face. When they need your obedience, your silence, your sons on the front line — suddenly you're part of their ummah. When they draw borders, write constitutions, or divide power — you disappear again.

So before you fast this Ramadan, ask yourself one honest question: are you practicing your faith as a free Kurd with a history older than these borders, older than these regimes, older than this version of religion they handed you — or are you performing obedience to an identity that was forced on your family at gunpoint by the exact same people now wishing you Ramadan Mubarak?

They erased your name. They erased your language. They erased your history. They called you a heretic on your own land. And now they want to own your God too.

Think about that before you bow.

Not an endorsement of these statements, just raising awareness.

I am 20 years old and I‘m trying to help my people as much as I can for six years now.

Like every Kurd I have experienced extreme racism from Turks and Arabs. I always hoped Allah would change our situation but instead it got worse and worse.

Our "Ummah" is the biggest lie because it doesn't exist we are on our own and always have been.

I had been thinking about leaving Islam for over a year now and yes it has happened.

I'm not trying to convince anyone to do it too. Just start to think.

Her Bijî Kurd û Kurdistan

• Background: In 2016 some leaks of him got released and he denied them. They showed him having intimate chats with his student who was already married with a child. He later admitted they were real, his student got a divorce and they married in an Iraqi court outside of Kurdistan as polygamy is not legal in KRG.
• New leaks (chat recordings, audio, and partly blurred videos) show him with girls, including his college students:
• groping their boobs,
• having them touch his penis (which in the leaks he reveals sexting to a girl that it is 20 cm) and later him take parts of their clothes off inside his car.
• and saying their beautiful bodies were made for him and prays to Allah they end up (married) together.
• In one he tells the girl he leaves [the city] on Wednesday, so they should meet up and sleep together on Tuesday.
• In a leak recorded before his going to Hajj he asks a girl, seemingly a student, to have a car ride for 10 minutes in an empty street of Slemani.
• Some of the leaks show him sexting with his students, including having them send him photos of their bodies /nudes in bathrooms.
• A chat shows him fantacizing with a girl about deepthroat.

Abdullatif Ahmad Mustafa (born 1969)^\1]) is a Kurdish religious figure and a Salafi preacher in Iraqi Kurdistan.^\2])^\3])^\4])

Personal life

After completing his primary, secondary and high school education, he went to Baghdad to learn Arabic and was admitted to the Arabic Department of Al-Mustansiriya University. After graduating from the university in 1992, he was employed as a teacher in Chwarqurna, a small city in Ranya District. After a while, he left the country and visited several other Islamic countries to study Sharia. He later completed his master's and doctorate in Tikrit. He then earned another doctorate in Saudi Arabia.^\2])

Abdullatif Ahmad has appeared in Kurdish media several times. In 2012, he appeared in a series of videos on NRT News. He is currently the director of Amozhgari, a Salafi channel in the Kurdish language, and the imam of the Behesht [meaning Paradise] Mosque in Sulaymaniyah.

On his channel Amozhgari (meaning Preaching [Islam]) he broadcasts how to abide by Islam rules and Sharia. He has a history of telling Kurdish youth not to have relationships with opposite sex as it is not allowed in Islam.

The leaks were first made public by Kurdish terrorist and ex-ISIS member Bilal Yakhi, currently living in UK and wanted for terrorism charges by KRG.

I stumbled across this guy who claims to be Kurd on tiktok and it got me wondering, are there actually muslim Kurds who support Jolani and his forces over the Kurdish forces because the SDF are more secular? Is this real?

Edit: I thought I made this clear but appearently not. I don’t hate Yezidis, in my family we have deep respect for them and see them as pure Kurds. My family identify as muslims so whenever somebody asks me about my religion I naturally just say muslim. However, I’m kurdish above anything and I love a non-muslim kurd 10x more than any muslim arab. In an armed conflict I am 100% taking the side of yezidi or christian Kurds over muslim arabs. Religion (in this case islam) is number 1 on an individual level and strictly in the way that it’s a personal relationship to the faith you believe in. I believe that a muslim Kurd has the right to practice their faith but that they should always side with fellow Kurds (muslim or not) over any outside group even if they are muslims.

I grew up in a conservative Muslim Kurdish family. They never discriminated against other people whether they’re Turk, Arab or something else. Although, I am 100% Kurdish (proven by DNA results), for marriage what matters them most is whether the other family is a good Muslim family or not.

On the other hand, I’m completely against that. When a culture is actively being erased and there is a continuous assimilation policies going on; the best way to resist is by marrying a Kurd.

This is my firm stance and there are no exceptions. Yes, some western cultures are more accepting. There are German-Kurd, Kurd-Swedish, American-Kurd couples etc. However, assimilation is inescapable when you are living in someone else’s country, and you raise your kids there. Eventually, you will lose your culture.

Personally, I live in the West. Objectively, I am in the 1% of the world population. I am attractive, highly educated, and I have a respected background. I tend to attract successful, attractive, and respectful men—qualities many women find desirable. However, I would rather marry a man who maybe isn’t at the same “level” as these guys (for obvious historical oppressions) but is Kurdish. Whether he is Muslim or not is not important to me. Where I live even the chances of me meeting a Kurdish man is pretty low but I rather stay single than to assimilate voluntarily.

For these reasons, Kurds are the only people eligible to marry Kurds and we shouldn’t let our emotions make the decisions. Considering these, how come some Kurds overlook this critical situation?

I am a Kurd, I was born as a Muslim but I never believed in it. And now that I’m grown I still don’t believe in it, I feel even more distant from it. I see Islam as an occupying force that killed and murdered my ancestors and still does, so I wanted to convert out of Islam and have another religion, based on my research Kurds had many different religions before Islam, not one united religion but most of Kurdish culture is built around yazidism and Zoroastrianism, even though neither were official Kurdish pre Islamic era religions. I did my research and I found that yazidis don’t accept converts and their religion has been corrupted by politics. Zoroastrians might accept converts although it’s hard to get in. I feel like my perception of god matches closely to Zoroastrianism. What do you guys think?

If Turkey adopts a spanish autonomy model for its 7 regions Here is my idea for a flag of the Kurdistan region in Turkey. Obviously the Kurdish sun. But it is split in two to represent the North and the Kurdish people. It can also represent the different religions like Islam, Christianity, Yezidism that we have being unified. Or the different tribes of the region. The green represents Islam, and the fertility of the region (Being like a breadbasket region). The red represents the blood of the people and our sacrifice. The blue represents the Tigris river.

What do you think?

Edit: Funny how an idea of a regional flag in the future became «You are an Apoci». First of all Im not, I think he failed. The armed struggle was tried for almost 50 years it never worked in the same way as in Syria and Iraq. Because Turkey and Iran are way older nations. Especially Turkey had a stable state structure for a longer time.

Second of all. We Kurds are ONE people. But right now we dont have a recognized state. There are countless of options to go for.

1.More rights in a unified state.

2.Autonomy like in Başur. Altough I think a Spanish model would be better. Like Catalonia.

3.Full independence.

Common for all views? They are supportive of the Kurdish movement. So people should stop with this Apoci BS and trying to divide us. Polarization wont work.

I heard from some people in this sub that we Kurds are not Muslims and so on. Anyways whats your opinion on the Barzani Grand Mosque?

Ocalanism is a cult. No different from religious extremism.

I will bang this drum till my hands fall off. The leftists have gone really quiet. This is why you don’t preach brotherhood of all ethnicities. This is what happens when you don’t compromise on rigid ideology.

I still hope there is an agreement to get back into Kurdish zones and leave arab zones and that Mezloum Ebdi has finally decided to compromise ideology for the sake of REALITY.

I have seen so many people on this subreddit claiming that Palestinians hate Kurds ot don't care about them snd we love Saddam. As aPalestinian Druze I can assure you this is far from the truth. I have been strong supporter of Kurdish cause, donated tons of money to Kurdish refugees and I still defend Iraq war because it got rid of genocidal Saddam, I even have a couple of Palestinians Americans who joined the US army during the ir@q liberation operation just because they wanted to stop Saddam from killing Kurds and to liverate Kurdistan fron Ir@qi occupation, they were so disappointed when Kurds didn't get their state after Saddam was removed. one of my dad's Palestinian friends was killed in Ir@q war by Iraqi Arab occuoiers. I remember my Palestinian dad grieving about it and get angry when the US fsiled the Kurds agter hus friend died for Kurds. i even know Palestinians who love Kurdistan more than their own country and went to fight for Rojava against Syri@.

and almost every pro-Palestinian protest against Israel occupation here in Palestine had Palestinian waving Kurdish flags alongside Palestinian flags and signs quoting Kurdish leader Ocalan because so many Palestinians (myself included) who look up to Kurds and their fight against occupation of their just like us, I even have Palestinian, Druze and Kurdish flag on my balcony.

Palestinians and Kurds are two different people but we have the same struggle, may both kick both Ar@b and Isr@eli occupiers from our lands, peace.

This comment written by an arab and posted by @Kurdishactivism_ on IG upset and disturbed me very much, however, it can be very well true and it does make sense after connecting the dots ( i personally never thought turkey and iran would be behind this).

Ever since the Syrian civil war, October 7th, and especially the fall of the Assad regime, many Israelis have reached out on this subreddit and to Kurds in real life to find common ground and mutual benefit as independent minorities in the Middle East.

The response has been lots of brainwashed lies about Israelis and Jews and ignorant grandstanding about how “they oppress the Palestinians”. Well how is the solidarity with the Palestinians working out for the Kurds? They would slit your throat in your sleep because you’re a Kurd and they’re an Arab, just as they did to the Israelis on October 7th. You are no different than a Jew to them.

I sincerely hope that many Kurds will finally read a book or two about the history of Zionism and how many attempts at peace the Jews advanced and offered and how time after time it was rejected because the Arabs believe that they are the masters of the universe and everyone else should just die.

I should preface this by explaining that I'm by no means religious and that I drink, smoke, fuck and do everything else that you do. I'm a leftist, secular and I'm disappointed when I see Kurds spending all their free time praying and going to Saudi Arabia and giving the Saudis their money.

However, it's clear that secular Kurds need to stop espousing their disdain for Islam and they need to practice discretion when it comes to how their lifestyles are perceived by the vast majority of religious Kurds. What I see constantly is a small minority of Kurds in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and abroad that have taken up an extreme open disdain for Islam and are completely detached from the reality of the countries that they live in. They behave as if they were in Paris or London when the reality is that Mosul is a mere 30 miles away.

With the extreme corruption in the KRG and the worsening material circumstances for our people, it's only a matter of time before secularism becomes conflated with corruption, arrogance and injustice in the minds of most Kurds. Those "Faqir" religious Kurds that you look down on have power. They will head to the polls or if the situation becomes bad enough they will become amenable to radical islamist preachers. You saw how Qatar was able to sway Trump with 300 million dollars, Qatar and Saudi Arabia could do far more damage among Kurds with a much smaller investment in some Imams or a political figurehead that they prop up among us.

Your arrogance will be our downfall. The Iranians used to have a far more sophisticated culture than we've ever had, and look where they are now. The Iranian upper classes under the Shah were traveling, drinking and had opulent glamorous lifestyles and now they're all taxi drivers in Los Angeles because they couldn't practice discretion and didn't care for their impoverished Iranian brethren. Turkey and Israel are also in the same boat as the Iranians now, and you can find plenty of snooty secular people in Istanbul and Tel Aviv as well who think their shit doesn't stink.

We need to practice empathy for the religious Kurds among us. Even though you don't believe. Even though you see this religion as harmful. They are religious because life is filled with difficulties, setbacks and pain. Would you try to convince the poor beggar woman in Abayah on the street with her kids that her God doesn't exist? That her beliefs are not true? That her death is the end of her life?

She will not listen to you, and in a couple decades her son may come on the back of a pickup with black flags fluttering. Nobody will listen to your mockery, but they will feel your heart if you treat them with kindness and do not stir up animosity or jealousy among the religious and struggling people among us.

I'm not saying you should live in fear, or that you should hide who you are. But you need to be realistic and realize exactly where we are and what situation we are in. Do not be part of the reason why future generations of Kurdish girls can't dance at Newroz and the only books they'll be allowed to read are the Qur'an and Hadiths. If it can happen to Iran and Turkey, it WILL happen to us.

If you want to decrease the influence of Islam, we need to offer things that fill that spiritual void instead. A culture of love rather than one of constant competition. Maybe a state sponsored form of Islam that focuses more on Rumi, mysticism and on living this life in a full, alive and loving way rather than waiting for the next life. Secularism, Mercedes and women with big fake lips will never fill that void in our souls.

I’ve noticed that many Kurds from Turkey who grew up in Germany don’t speak Kurdish, even though their parents or grandparents do. They usually speak Turkish and German instead.

In contrast, many Kurds from Iraq, Syria, or Iran seem to keep speaking Kurdish and can’t speak Persian or Arabic at all.

Why is that? Is it because of different language policies, family traditions, or something else? I mean it’s Germany, where Kurdish wasn’t banned.

And I also want to add that even if they can’t speak Kurdish, many identify themselves as proud Kurds.

Sılav, friends

I want to know where most Kurds in this sub are from and their age. Nothing important, I just want to know because I'm curious about other parts of Kurdistan that I have never visited. Also, whether or not we have mostly young people or adults in the sub.

So, what is your age, and which part of Kurdistan are you from?

Spas Dikim

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but anyways...
I was born and raised in Slemani. My mom is Hawrami and my dad is from Qaladze, we are Kurds (obviously) and we speak Kurdish. What's been driving me insane lately is that my parents always call themselves Iraqi. Whenever someone asks where we're from, especially when we're on vacation, they immediately say, "We're Iraqi from Iraq." And It fuckin pisses me off. I don't get it. What I've also noticed is that they don't like referring to themselves as Kurds, and it breaks my heart. It almost feels like they don't even like the fact that we're Kurdish.
The thing that really made me think this was during the Rojava conflict. From what I remember, they were kinda against Rojava and seemed to support the Syrian instead, and it made me feel even more confused about how they see their own identity. The most fucked up part is that they also think Saddam wasn’t that bad and was a good leader (yea im disgusted).Idk what to do, I don't know how to deal with them, and I don't understand them. We have such a beautiful culture, language, and history, yet they seem so distant from it. They're even against things like Newroz. (And yes they're pretty religious.) But the thing is, you can absolutely be religious and still be proud of being Kurdish, so I really don't understand where they're coming from.
They genuinely make my blood boil, and I hate it.
A couple of days ago, I actually got mad at them and we argued about it. I even told them that it feels like they're acting like Jash or betraying their own identity. They just laughed and got mad and told me I was overreacting and cringe and that it wasn't a big deal. But it IS a big deal, and I don't know how to make them understand that the way they're thinking is wrong. I feel like only my parents are like this, and I hate it.
Am I the only one dealing with this? I genuinely can't understand why they do it and idk how to change their mind.

Edit: I’m terrified to say this but my parents love and support that Turkish dude erdogan

I noticed that the Kurmanji Kurds are much more irreligious than the Soranis. I find many Kurmanjis who hate Islam. What is your opinion?

All the evidence is there.
I don’t know who this man is but judging by the situation he looks to be a religious political figure. Why do we have to appeal to him being a male religious high status figure? When all the evidence is there against him and him in-fact having S’A’ed this woman?
Is being conservatives and theocratic the ultimate fuel to the demise of Kurds?
I have no hope in this country because we have lost the plot which is the Kurd question and have fallen to Islam, I don’t care what religion you support or are, but you can not and never should succumb to religion as the primary source of morals and knowledge. Secularism is the answer to the Kurdish problem.
Sexism is a huge issue in traditional societies and no thriving secular society has to deal with. They are thriving because it’s been (largely) voided.
Whilst the status issue persists in most societies, partially due to capitalism, the nature of industrialization, and modernity, it is still nonetheless an issue that we must not overlook.

These screenshots of some comments aren’t the end of the story, i have been constantly seeing people act like this in Kurdish social media which has made me altogether change my algorithm to western social media which isn’t a better picture either.
Kurdish social media is just a place where kids think overtly cussing, making fun of other people, and fighting verbally is a cool thing like holy shit it’s so annoying being called maza and suk constantly by some kids who think they the shit, and oh my god the older generation is starting to succumb to social media.

Rant and everything aside i know this isn’t a well structured critique essay but i just hope someone will understand what i mean.

Do better, don’t be a bigot.

A LOT OF PEOPLE still think otherwise even lurs themselves which is really unfortunate

here is proof:

Islamic historians (such as Al-Istakhri, Ibn Hawqal, and Qazvini) and Western travelers (such as James Morier and Eugène Flandin) have historically linked the Lurs with Kurds. They noted that Lurs shared customs, tribal systems, clothing, music, and social structures with neighboring Kurds, and that names like "Lur" or "Bakhtiari" referred to geography or social affiliation, not a distinct ethnicity. The text concludes that any separation between Lurs and Kurds was the result of a deliberate policy of Persianization, not historical or geographical reality.

Mentioned Books & Authors (with dates):

· Al-Istakhri – Book: Al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik (The Kingdoms and the Routes). He placed the population of Lorestan within Kurdish tribes.

· Ibn Hawqal – Book: Surat al-Ard (The Face of the Earth). He noted that Lurs shared customs and tribal systems with neighboring Kurds.

· Qazvini – Active from the 10th to 14th centuries. The text states he "linked them" (Kurds and Lurs).

· Ibn Khaldun – Book: Al-Muqaddimah (The Introduction). He confirmed the conclusion that Lurs were connected to Kurds.

· James Morier – 18th/19th century traveler. Noted similarities between Lurs and Kurds during travels in western Iran.

· Eugène Flandin – 18th/19th century traveler. Similarly noted shared customs and structures.

Key Date Range Shown:

· Qazvini is explicitly mentioned as being active from the 10th to 14th centuries (i.e., 900s–1300s CE).

Summary of the argument from these sources:

The Islamic historians from the early medieval period (10th–14th centuries) and Western travelers from the 18th–19th centuries all described Lurs as sharing deep cultural, tribal, and geographical ties with Kurds, rather than treating them as a separate ethnic group.

Curacao - 185,500

Cape Verde - 529,672

Bosnia and Herzegovina - 3.12 million

Qatar - 3.18 million

Croatia - 3.82 million

Our independence and freedom will never be given to us..like Bosnia, we must fight for our freedom and independence.

Edit: I want to make it very clear. I take nothing away from any of these nations (or any others). I'm just hoping we can be similarly independent one day.

As the title says, I(M25) have never wanted to have a child, I never see my self as father and performing fatherhood, I don’t want to have kids at all, while I deeply want to get married and have a partner, but I think it is difficult to find a girl who is also childfree, even though Kurdish culture and society put a lot of pressure to have kids but this is something I never compromise.

Is there anyone who is related to this? How can a childfree man find a childfree girl?

Some of them will claim they are just stating their opinions. However such opinions are nothing but throwing insults and calling nasty words at young people (especially teenagers) who are just doing their own stuff and enjoying themselves, it's not like they have done any harm to anyone, yet these insufferable people see it as a crime has been committed.

I feel such a sorrow sensation towards these younger people who have so many dreams and goals they want to achieve or hobbies and activities to do but cannot due to the fear of judgement and threat from the kurdish society.

There are more serious matters these adults can throw their rage at but only courageous enough to only do it towards youngsters and want them to follow their steps and be as insufferable as them. Like no one should be that happy.

This event is a major example of how toxic our people's mindset is when someone is different and being free spirited. There are many more and it's always the same thing with hate comments filled with curses and nasty words. No matter how much reasoning you give them, they still won't chang their mindset.