Bakra Eid also known as Bakri Eid or Eid al-Adha is celebrated across the world with lots of enthusiasm in the Muslim world. Hajj is a time when Muslims from many different countries, classes, and cultures stand together in prayer, a reminder of both the unity and diversity within Muslim communities.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has felicitated leaders of Muslim countries on the occasion of Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice), which marks the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Georgia’s Muslim population are today celebrating a major religious holiday, Eid al-Adha.
“In addition to being a time of celebration, Eid al-Adha is a time for charity.”, Obama said in a message.
Ruweda Hussein, a pre-nursing freshman, has big expectations for the celebration of this year’s Eid al-Adha. I pray that the spirit of sacrifice that inspired Prophet Ibrahim to accept God’s command to sacrifice his son Ishmael will continue to animate our activities and dealings with one another as faithfuls of God and as citizens of Ghana. But, according to tradition, God stopped him and gave him a sheep to sacrifice instead of his son. Imam Karim, head of the Masjid Al-Furqaan of Felicity, Chaguanas said that Eid ul-Adha is the greater Eid for Muslims and should be accorded greater prominence in the list of national holidays.
Some names of the festival also denote that this festival is after the completion of Hajj, the holy pilgrimage to Mecca. Ismail is happy to oblige before Allah sends His angel, Jibra’il, to inform Ibrahim that He has already accepted the sacrifice as per Gulf News.
We present some pictures of the prayer sessions, the celebrations and sacrifices that Muslims are making across the world.
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In Asia, tens of thousands of people left Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on crowded trains and ferries for their hometowns to celebrate the holiday with family and friends, while in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, Muslims attended morning prayers.
