It is the Festival of the Sacrifice, a celebration that often spans between three and four days.
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Bosnian Muslims enjoy lunch as they celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in the village of Lukomir on Thursday.
It’s interesting to note that employees in the private sector will have one less holiday than the public sector as per announcement made by the Ministry of Labour. The date of Eid-al-Fitr – which is also known as The Lesser Eid – is determined by the confirmed sighting of the new moon.
Senator Loren Legarda, author of the law that declares Eid al-Adha a national holiday, also urged everyone, regardless of religion, to join the commemoration.
One of two large annual gatherings of area Muslims will take place today when members of the region’s Islamic community come together for Eid al-Adha.
In Regina, the celebration of Eid al-Adha was held at a community centre despite the lives lost overseas.
The Hajj festival is commemorated by many Muslims with a pilgrimage to Mecca during the Hajj week. The pilgrimage, which is one of the five pillars, or key tenets, of Islam involves five days of praying in Mecca and the surrounding desert.
A day of fast during this period is equivalent to a full year of fasting. “We were given cakes everywhere we went and you could feel the unity and joy of the people all over Jordan”.
“I cannot believe that I will not wake up to the screaming of my mother, telling us to get ready”, Dalia Aroury, a Freshman Muslim student from Palestine, said.
De Blasio said the change means that Muslim families won’t be forced to choose between observing the holidays and sending their kids to school.
World Bulletin has collated a number of images from around the world showing the Eid and its how its celebrated from country to country.
Tomorrow, after performing the Eid prayer, Muslims are expected to offer their sacrifices of animals. Then, he was instructed that the meat of the animal was to be cut up and divided: a third of it for family, another third for relatives or friends, and the last to the poor people.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry released a statement yesterday extending his best wishes to Muslims around the globe for a blessed Eid al-Adha.
