The Yazidi are in a different position, which is why I raised them particularly. They are perceived by ISIL as not being one of the Abrahamic religions. Their religion predates even Judaism. As a result, ISIL sees it as something totally inimical to being human and as something other. That is why it feels quite at liberty to diminish this people to nothing. That is why it thinks that that is permissible, and that is why it is genocide.
Immigration Bill
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Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 21 March 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.
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