Saturday 1 July 2023 - 02:58

Millions celebrate Eid al-Adha around the world

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Palestinians celebrate the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City.

Children join their parents at Eid al-Adha prayers at an open area in Gaza City.

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayers at the Yildiz Islamic Center of the Islamic Community's South Holland region (IGMG) in Schiedam, The Netherlands.

People crowd into a market ahead of Eid al-Adha in the old quarters of New Delhi.

Members of a Filipino Muslim family have their photo taken before going to a mosque for Eid al-Adha prayers in Marikina City, Metro Manila, the Philippines.

Muslim women dance in the street ahead of Eid al-Adha, in Adjame, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Muslim worshippers hug each other after prayers on the first day of the Eid al-Adha festival, at the shrine of Muslim leader Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Gilani, in Baghdad, Iraq.

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayers at the Mosque of the Martyrs in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Muslims arrive at the Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque to perform Eid al-Adha prayers in Beirut, Lebanon.

A girl holds a balloon as Indonesian Muslims attend Eid al-Adha prayers on a football field in Depok, West Java, Indonesia.

People perform Eid al-Adha prayers at Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade, Serbia.

Eid al-Adha prayers are held at Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Skopje, North Macedonia.

Muslims arrive to perform Eid al-Adha prayers at Zagreb Mosque in Croatia.

People perform Eid al-Adha prayers at the Osmanagic Mosque in Podgorica, Montenegro.

Muslims pray outside the Moscow Cathedral Mosque during celebrations in Moscow, Russia.

Muslims attend prayers on the first day of Eid al-Adha, outside the iconic Hagia Sophia mosque in the historic Sultan Ahmet district of Istanbul.

An imam delivers a sermon as Muslims gather for prayers to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, in Nairobi, Kenya.

Known as the “Feast of Sacrifice”, the revered observance coincides with the final rites of the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Eid al-Adha commemorates the Quranic tale of Prophet Abrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God.

The belief holds that God stayed his hand, sparing the boy and placing a ram in his place.

The day is marked with the sacrifice of an animal, usually a goat, sheep or cow, and the distribution of the meat among neighbours, family members and the poor.