@article{article_278415, title={Terrorizing Zoroaster’s Prophethood and the Opinion of Malay Gawra of Koya on Zoroastrianism}, journal={International Journal of Kurdish Studies}, volume={2}, pages={9–22}, year={2016}, DOI={10.21600/ijoks.278415}, url={https://izlik.org/JA84KE62HD}, author={Abdul Majid, Ala Dara}, keywords={Zoroaster,Malay Gawra,Kurdish poem}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12.6px; text-align: justify;">This research focuses on the prophecy or prophethood of the old Kurdish prophet Zoroaster and his book The Avesta.   </span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12.6px; text-align: justify;">More than a century ago, </span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12.6px; text-align: justify;">   </span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12.6px; text-align: justify;">the western printed sources and publications presented Zoroaster’s doctrines and beliefs distortedly exploiting them to achieve their own aims; hence, this research throws light on this aspect </span> <span dir="RTL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12.6px; text-align: justify;"> </span> <span dir="RTL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12.6px; text-align: justify;"> </span> <span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12.6px; text-align: justify;"> <span dir="RTL"> </span> <span dir="RTL"> </span>.  </span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12.6px; text-align: justify;">Another aspect of the research is the view of Malay Gawra of Koya, who was a distinguished ahead of their time. He believed in the existence of Zoroaster and his being a Kurd supported by the great explainers before him. </span> <br> </p>}, number={3}