Eid Al Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice

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The five pillars of Islam, or the main duties of a Muslim, are the testament of faith, prayer, fasting, charity and pilgrimage to Mecca.

This eid, one of two major holidays in Islam, commemorates the willingness of Abraham, also known as Ibrahim, to sacrifice his son Ishmael at God’s command.

Sometimes, this dating system can cause a problem when it is translated to the Gregorian calendar.

Mumbai: This will be the first time in decades when Muslims in Maharashtra will celebrate in the last week of the ongoing month Eid al Adha or Bakraeid, as it is widely called in India, amid strict restrictions and curb on slaughter of bulls and bullocks. Fortunately, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has said that it will not force the Muhammadiyah to change their preferred date.

I am grateful to the Jewish community for proposing this policy, but I believe both the Jewish and Muslim communities should be equally entitled to it. To postpone the start of the 2014 fall quarter by a week to accommodate Rosh Hashanah and to not do the same for Eid in 2015 seems to give greater privilege to one religious group over another.

Public schools in Illinois and Virginia, the two states with the largest per capita Muslim populations, have had similarly mixed support for Muslim holidays. May Allah accept your prayers and the animals you sacrifice! The meat is then divided into three parts.

While hotel sales teams have been ensuring they do not leave a stone unturned, and their properties run at full occupancy this Eid, revenue maximisation company SweetBeam has given its tips for how to up spend-per-guest. The population of Indonesia is around 250 million, out of which about 220 million are Muslim.

Warning against the purchase of illegal or sick animals, Yetkin reminded those in the market for a sacrificial sheep, goat or steer that the animal should have a proper ear tag, a veterinarian’s health report, should be a male and of the proper age.

Amneh Attallah, a 10th-grader, said, “We want to help out Syria because we see them struggling and they need aid”. Eid ul Adha celebrations follow the recent celebration of Eid ul Fitr which was a very safe, happy and joyous event.