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 === Yazidism ===
-An alternate name for the main deity in the tentatively Indo-European pantheon of the [[Yazidi]], Malek Taus, is Shaitan.<ref>Drower, E.S. [http://www.avesta.org/yezidi/peacock.htm The Peacock Angel]. Being Some Account of Votaries of a Secret Cult and their Sanctuaries. London: John Murray, 1941.</ref> Rather than Satanic, however, Yazidism is better understood as a remnant of a pre-Islamic Middle Eastern religion, and/or a [[ghulat]] [[Sufi]] movement founded by Shaykh Adi. The connection with Satan, originally made by Muslim outsiders, attracted the interest of 19th-century European travelers and esoteric writers.
+An alternate name for the main deity in the tentatively Indo-European pantheon of the Yazidi, Malek Taus, is Shaitan.<ref>Drower, E.S. [http://www.avesta.org/yezidi/peacock.htm The Peacock Angel]. Being Some Account of Votaries of a Secret Cult and their Sanctuaries. London: John Murray, 1941.</ref> Rather than Satanic, however, Yazidism is better understood as a remnant of a pre-Islamic Middle Eastern religion, and/or a ghulat Sufi movement founded by Shaykh Adi. The connection with Satan, originally made by Muslim outsiders, attracted the interest of 19th-century European travelers and esoteric writers.
 === Neopaganism ===