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Muslim believers have filled the complex of the famous Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, to mark with prayers and celebrations Kurban Bayram, or the Feast of Sacrifice held at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Eid al-Adha is marked two months and ten days after Eid al-Fitr, and is considered the most important holiday in the Islamic faith.
On this day, Muslims slaughter animals in symbolic respect for the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his first son in an act of supplication to God.
Before Abraham sacrificed the boy, God provided him with a lamb to sacrifice. The tradition is to distribute the meat of the slaughtered animal to the poor. Piety, sacrifice, and solidarity are the messages conveyed by Muslim religious leaders on this day marked for the followers of this faith.
This year, the holiday has taken on special importance due to the fact that after two years of lockdown due to the pandemic, Muslim believers were given the opportunity to travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj ritual, a ritual considered one of the five pillars of Islam.
The participants of the mass pilgrimage stoned the two pillars where the devil is believed to be located, located on a bridge in the Mina Valley, about 5 kilometers from Mecca. The ritual is an imitation of Abraham’s stoning at the three points where Satan is said to have tried to dissuade him from obeying God’s command to sacrifice his son, Ishmael. The ritual in question has been plagued in recent years.
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