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This map is lifted from the works of professor M. Izady, repainted and his name and the copyright logo dropped from this map. This is illegal and considered palagerism. Why do Kurds do this to their own scholars? No wonder they are in a mess that they are....

OK, since I am author of this map, I feel obligated to answer to this. Firstly, I am not Kurd - I live in Serbia. Second, this map is my own work and I did not simply "repainted Izady's map" and "removed his name and the copyright logo". I draw this map on completely empty layer in image editing software and I only used Izady's map as a source for my work (but I did not changed his map). Inclusion of Izady's map into Wikipedia articles without his permission would be indeed copyright violation and therefore I did not included his map but my own (and I do not claim any copyright for my work). Of course, I mentioned in "References" section of this map that I used map of M. Izady as a source. PANONIAN 10:59, 1 March 2012 (UTC)