The Eid al-Adha is celebrated in 4 days, and is said to be as important as the pilgrimage to Mecca, which is participated by around 2 million Muslims yearly.
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Senator Francis Pangilinan said the Filipinos’ willingness to sacrifice for their fellowmen could be found in the spirit of Eid’l Adha.
As part of the sacred festival, Muslim devotees symbolically sacrifice lambs, goats, rams or other animals.
Eid al-Adha is dedicated to the day when Prophet Abraham was deterred from scarification of his son by Angel Jabrail (Gabriel for Christians).
At Jamarat in Saudi Arabia, almost two million Muslim pilgrims performed a symbolic stoning of the devil, the riskiest part of the annual haj pilgrimage, a year after the ritual’s worst disaster in decades.
Muslims across world are commemorating Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacriifce) on Monday, which marks the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in a number of countries.
“In addition to being a time of celebration, Eid al-Adha is a time for charity.”, Obama said in a message.
Security measures were ramped up Monday as Muslims around Minnesota and the country celebrate one of their holiest holidays.
“Today, we remember Ibrahim’s sacrifice, one that is guided by his faith in Allah”. It is believed that God asked him, in a dream, to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience. The meaning of the religious day is also translated as “festival of the sacrifice”. The meat of the same is consumed by the family members, relatives, friends, and the needy poor people.
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May on this EID the plate of your life is filled with juicy Kababs & Tikkas topped with Chatni of happiness and covered with Salad of love! “I am originally from Pakistan and we have specific candies that my wife will make, but other people, like from the Middle East, will go for the baklava or other Middle Eastern candies”, Ahmed said.
