Eid-ul-Adha

Millions of Muslims across the globe celebrate Eid

NYTimes.com https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/world/eid-al-adha-muslims.html?module= Millions of Muslims across the globe — including in countries like India, Indonesia, Turkey, Russia and Pakistan — are celebrating Eid al-Adha, Islam’s most revered observance. Known as the Feast of Sacrifice or “big Eid,” it is one of the two major religious festivals of Islam. The other, Eid al-Fitr, occurs at the end […]

Eid al-Azha in pictures – DAWN.com

Muslims around the world celebrate the holiday as two million pilgrims carry out final rites of Haj in Saudi Arabia.Muslim worshippers, some carrying umbrellas to protect them from the scorching sun, gather for prayer at Namirah mosque near Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), where the […]