yazidiat

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Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu یزیدیت (yazīdiyat), Named after Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, the second ruler of the Umayyad Caliphate who is considered the killer of Imam al-Husayn at Karbala'.

Noun

yazidiat (uncountable)

  1. (Pakistani politics) tyranny, oppression
    • 2022 August 7, “PTI to reveal next plan of action on 13th”, in The Express Tribune:
      Soon after his tweet, Pakistan Peoples Party General Secretary Farhatullah Babar replied: “Religion is best kept out of politics.” Babar urged him to join hands against different manifestations of Yazidiat.