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In addition, the delegation says it has documented nearly 7,000 names of Yazidi girls and young women who have been kidnapped by ISIS and forced into sexual enslavement. The delegation met with a variety of American political and religious leaders. Watch excerpts of interviews about the Yazidi crisis with Matthew Barber, a University of Chicago scholar who recently lived in Iraq, and Murad Ismael, a Yazidi human rights advocate. Managing editor Kim Lawton interviewed them after a meeting organized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iahv.org\/us-en\/\">International Association for Human Values<\/a>, founded by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A delegation of top Yazidi spiritual leaders is seeking help for their ancient religious minority in Iraq, which has been particularly targeted by ISIS. \u201cWe became victims of one of the largest\u2026atrocities of the modern world,\u201d says Yazidi human rights advocate Murad Ismael. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/10\/31\/october-31-2014-yazidi-leaders-dc-seek-help-isis\/24482\/\" class=\"more\">More <span 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