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Eid ul-Adha
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Eid ul-Adha

Muslim festival that takes place during the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, and commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ishmael at the command of Allah.



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Hajj commences with Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, a celebration of Abraham's submission to God.
ma'mool Eid Al-Adha is a day of grand celebration for the Muslim world.
In late December, a stale education committee devoted to minority student issues, offered the proposal that would allow students to use those days to observe religious celebrations, such as the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the feast that follows the pilgrimage to Mecca, without being marked absent or penalized for missing a test.
 
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