Monday, November 07, 2011

Eid al-Adha Celebrations






A Jordanian worker carries a sheep at the Zarqa livestock market, near Amman, Jordan (image: EPA. Al-Jazeera website)


Eid-AlAdha or "Festival of Sacrifice" is the Muslim holiday that commemorates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice its son Isma'il as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened and provided Abraham with a sheep to sacrifice instead.

The following slideshow by Al Jazeera gives an impression of how this important holiday is celebrated throughout the Muslim world.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/inpictures/2011/11/201111683446555545.html


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