Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice in Islam...
By marwen
@marwen (52)
United States
December 7, 2008 2:00am CST
hi.At the end of the Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca), Muslims throughout the world celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice)wich will last 3 days.During the Hajj, Muslims remember and commemorate the trials and triumphs of the Prophet Abraham(just tell me if you don't know it,i will tell you).During the celebration of Eid al-Adha, Muslims commemorate and remember Abraham's trials, by themselves slaughtering an animal such as a sheep.Muslims slaughter animals in the same throughout the year. By saying the name of Allah at the time of slaughter,we are reminded that life is sacred.The meat from the sacrifice of Eid al-Adha is mostly given away to others.so what do you think of all of that?
3 responses
@armrd829 (74)
• Singapore
8 Dec 08
Eid al-Adha (or Idul Adha) is a religious festival celebrated by the Muslims in commemoration of the willingness of (Prophet) Ibrahim (Abraham), to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience and loyalty to God. As Ibrahim was about to sacrifice his son, God provided a lamb as a sacrifice to replace his son. That's why today all Muslims who have the means to, sacrifice an animal (usually a goat or a sheep) as a reminder of Ibrahim's obedience. The meat is then shared out to family, friends (Muslims or non-Muslims), as well as the needy. (Islam names Ismail as the son who was to be sacrificed, whereas Christianity names Isaac).
@kerriannc (4279)
• Jamaica
8 Dec 08
I think that you all need to realized that Jesus Christ is now earth sacrifical lamb and because of this we have no more need to kill animals to appease our sins. This is cruelty towards animals and it need to stop. We are no longer living under the Old Testament and I think it is because you are all bind to this your behaviour is of this nature. Killing and having women under suppression.
