SOURCE : Iraqi MP defends Luciferin Parliament
Baghdad – The devil looked in on Iraq’s parliament on Wednesday when a member of parliament upbraided Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari for speaking ill of Lucifer.
Kameran Khairi Said, a Kurdish MP and a member of the minority Yezidi community that worship[s] the peacock angel, also known as Lucifer, angrily interrupted the prime minister during a parliamentary debate.
“Mr Prime Minister and ministers, my speaking out might seem strange to you, but we feel insulted when you repeatedly use the expression in your speeches and statements ‘God protects us from the devil’.
“Each time the word is pronounced, my colleagues turn towards me as if I were a representative of the devil.”
Yezidis followed a pre-Islamic religion, which some believed was founded in the 12th century…
The Yezidis did not believe in heaven or hell, and did not regard Satan as evil. In fact, they worshipped him – but dare not say his name
