Kazakhstan celebrates Eid al-Adha
09:10, 26 October 2012
ASTANA. October 26. KAZINFORM Today is the first and the most important day of the religious holiday, Eid al-Adha, celebrated by the Muslims the worldwide. This year it falls on October 26-28.
Eid Al-Adha commemorates Prophet Abraham's willingness to obey God when he envisioned that he was to sacrifice his son. Muslims observe this day by slaughtering an animal (usually a sheep) and then offering much of its meat in charity to poor people.
The sacrifice symbolizes obedience to Allah and its distribution to others is an expression of generosity, one of the five pillars of Islam.