Eid-al-Adha or Eid-ul-Zuha is an Islamic festival to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim willingness to follow Allah’s command to sacrifice this own son Ismail (Ishmael).
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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.
PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili Sunday visited a mosque in Tbilisi to congratulate the Muslims.
Since the September 11 attacks 15 years ago, local Somali leaders say Islamophobia – the prejudice against Islam or Muslims – has grown intensely, despite the Muslim community trying to change the stigma. “This attitude retained the richest culture of coexistence in our country”, PM said.
Local Muslims prepared for the upcoming Corban Festival, also known as Eid al-Adha or the feast of the sacrifice, in various ways. It is distinct from Eid-al-Fitr, or “the Lesser Eid” which marks the end of Ramadan and which was celebrated on 6 July this year.
Muslims’ Department of Georgia organized installing banners in predominantly Muslim Marneuli Municipality.
It starts with pilgrims circling around the cube-shaped Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site towards which Muslims around the world pray.
In these more modern times, though, a good Eid celebration calls for a few selfies. Evans Hall was one of Huliga’s stops on campus; when he stopped by, he was allowed to not only give chocolate to Boren, but to also take a video of him wishing all students a “Happy Eid al-Adha”.
The Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba wished Eid Mubarak to his social media followers by posting a picture in his traditional attire.
During the three-day holiday, Muslims slaughter livestock, distributing part of the meat to the poor.
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“Today is Eid al-Adha, an important festival, so we had to get out early”, Ma said. May Allah bless us with the same in all circles of life!
