This makes it a fitting embodiment of both god and demon at the same time. On the one hand, the peacock symbolizes grandeur and magnificence, but it conjures pride and passion on the other. The Peacock Angel ( Malak-Tāwūs) is the chief deity of the Yezedi holy trinity, while 'Adi and Êzî are deified versions of their historical counterparts. Yezedism blends elements of Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Gnosticism, Christianity, Sufism and Islam, adopting a "holy trinity" comprising of the Peacock Angel, Sheikh 'Adi (founder of the proto-Yezidi religion) and Sultan Yezed or Êzî (the Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mu'awiya). While the mainstream media and some religious scholars vigorously reject the " sensational epithet" of "Devil worshippers" as a "term used both by unsympathetic neighbors and fascinated westerners," recent scholarship explains how the Yezedi deity - the Peacock Angel - simultaneously embodies "both god and demon." The Yezedis - persecuted to the point of genocide by the Islamic State (ISIS) as "Devil worshippers" - will participate in the pope's Saturday interreligious service in Ur with Muslims, Mandaean-Sabeans and members of Iraq's other religious communities. An Iraqi Catholic looks forward to welcoming Pope Francis VATICAN CITY ( ) - Pope Francis will be the first pontiff in history to pray with members of a syncretistic sect who worship a "fallen angel" depicted as a peacock and identified with the Devil.
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