Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, and all able-bodied Muslims who can afford to make the trip are expected to embark on the journey to Mecca at least once in their life.
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Under a plan the school board voted down Thursday, Jersey City schools would have been closed September 24 to observe, Eid al-Adha, also known as the “Festival of Sacrifice”, NBC New York reported. When he was about to sacrifice his own son, God gave him an animal to kill instead. “(This is similar to the Jewish and Christian story, except that in the Torah and Bible the son is Isaac, not Ishmael)”.
The holiday is celebrated with prayers, small gifts for children, distribution of meat to the needy and social gatherings, according to CAIR.
In his message, the president noted that Eid al-Adha was an occasion to reinforce unity and harmony among the Muslim community by working together with each other and showing compassion to one another.
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fullop called the school board’s decision a “missed opportunity”, especially considering that New York chose to close schools in honor of the holiday for the first time this year, NJ.com reported.
He said the sacrifice aims at enhancing peaceful co-existence among Muslims and Ghanaians at large.
The Eid al-Adha holiday possesses great significance among Indonesian Muslims. The prophet Muhammad (SAAW) said that a person who performs Hajj properly “will return as a newly born baby [free of all sins]”.
The school girl was devastated to find out she and the other Muslim schoolchildren will not be allowed a day off today to mark Eid.
On the occasion, the Muslims across the country will offer prayers in congregations and sacrifice animals in the name of Almighty Allah.
“Earlier this month I was in Lebanon and Jordan, meeting the people who have fled war and terror in Syria and Iraq, ” Cameron said in a video to mark the Muslim Eid celebrations”.
Later in the day, people proceed to the main event: sacrificing the animals, usually either a cow, a sheep, or a lamb.
After the prayers and morning rituals, Muslim families will have the traditional feast at the park.
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He added that every year there was a ministerial decision asking private sector employers to pay their employees ahead of the Eid Al Adha festivities.
