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Eid Al-Adha 2023: Muslim faithful celebrate largest Islamic holiday

Eid Al-Adha 2023: Muslim faithful celebrate largest Islamic holiday

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Bosnian Muslims pray as they attend an early morning prayer on Eid Al-Adha, in front of Sarajevo’s central Gazi-Husref Bey’s mosque. (AFP)

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Dutch Muslims pray as they attend an early morning prayer at the Mevlana Mosque in Rotterdam on June 28, 2023. (ANP/AFP)

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Palestinians pray on the first day of Eid Al-Adha in the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. (Reuters)

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Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attends Eid Al-Adha prayers with members of his government at Air Force Mosque in Cairo. (The Egyptian Presidency via Reuters)

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Muslim worshippers gather for Eid Al-Adha prayer in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv. (AFP)

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Muslims pray outside the Moscow Cathedral Mosque during celebrations in Moscow. (AP)

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Women attend prayers on the first day of Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha outside the Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii, or Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Reuters)

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A cleric delivers the Eid Al-Adha holiday sermon at sunrise outside Dubai’s main mosque and prayer grounds on June 28, 2023. (AFP)

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Muslims attend a prayer and celebrations on the occasion of the Eid-Al-Adha at the Palais 12 event hall in Brussels. (Belga/AFP)

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People bring their sheep to be slaughtered for the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha in Kuwait City. (AFP)

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Muslim worshippers attend the Eid Al-Adha morning prayer in Sudan’s eastern Gedaref region, on June 28, 2023. (AFP)

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An imam delivers sermon as Muslims gather for prayers to celebrate Eid Al-Adha in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP)

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Muslims stay gather after their first prayer on the first day of Eid Al-Adha in front of Al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut. (Reuters)

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Updated 28 June 2023

June 28, 2023 10:00

Eid Al-Adha 2023: Muslim faithful celebrate largest Islamic holiday

Updated 28 June 2023

June 28, 2023 10:00

Eid Al-Adha, also called the Feast of Sacrifice, commemorates the willingness of Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God.

During the festival, Muslims around the world slaughter an animal – a goat, sheep, bull or camel – and offer part of the meat to charity.

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