Eid al-Adha at home and abroad

Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year and is celebrated at the end of Hajj, which is an annual pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray on July 31, 2020 at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha. - Eid al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God, and cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day. Photograph by Ahmad Gharabli / AFP

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 15:14

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