January 2017 Wardak IraqKakais repairing destroyed house The Kakai Kurds are returning to their homes as Mosul offensive continiues The Kakai Kurds...
{"Image ImageDescription": "January 2017, Wardak, Iraq.Kakais repairing destroyed house. The Kakai Kurds are returning to their homes as Mosul offensive continiues. The Kakai Kurds are one of several multi-ethnic groups who are part of the Yarsan or Ahl el-Haqq (people of truth), a religion founded by Sultan Sahak in the late 14th century in western Iran. Some Yarsanis in Iraq are called the Kakais. The Kakais are one of the religious minorities scattered throughout northern Iraq in the provinces of Sulaimaniyah and Halabja, in the Ninevah Plains of Ninevah province and in villages to the southeast of Kirkuk. Historians and researchers disagree on their classification, as mystery and secrecy shroud this sect. Extremists of the Islamic State group (ISIS) have vowed to pursue and kill members of the Kakai religious group in northern Iraq, considering them infidels who must be eliminated. (Photo by Maciej Moskwa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "Maciej Moskwa/NurPhoto"}