16 June 2024

EURASIA

PS Eid Al Adha

News: Al Jazeera

Eid Amid Devastation in Gaza

PALESTINE

Around 40,000 Palestinians offered Eid al-Adha prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, but there was no festive atmosphere, instead mourning the victims of Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip for over eight months now.

PS Eid Al Adha

News: Al Jazeera

Eid Amid Devastation in Gaza

PALESTINE

Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha. But in Gaza, festivities are muted, with many facing the brink of famine and families having been torn apart. Worshippers are gathering in the ruins of destroyed mosques to hold prayers.

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EUROPE

CM Tatar Customs on Eid Al Adha

News: Crimean Tatars

Tatar Customs on Eid Al Adha

CRIMEA

Muslims in Crimea observe Eid Al Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, which commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, before God offered a sheep in his place. Crimean Muslims have their custom style of honoring Eid Al Adha, practicing many rituals as well as cultural customs. Arif kunyu (Arafa Day) is observed on the eve of Eid al-Adha. In the evening of this day, it is customary for Crimean Tatars to fry dough dishes. This custom is called "qoqu ciqarmaq".

CM Tatar Customs on Eid Al Adha

News: Elif TV

Tatar Customs on Eid Al Adha

CRIMEA

Muslims in Crimea observe Eid Al Adha, or the feast of sacrifice, which commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God, before God offered a sheep in his place. Crimean Muslims have their custom style of honoring Eid Al Adha, practicing many rituals as well as cultural customs. Arif kunyu (Arafa Day) is observed on the eve of Eid al-Adha. In the evening of this day, it is customary for Crimean Tatars to fry dough dishes. This custom is called "qoqu ciqarmaq".

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CAUCASUS

AZ Eid Celebration in Shusha

News: Azertech

Eid Celebration in Shusha

AZERBAIJAN

For the first time in 32 years, residents of the city of Shusha celebrated the holiday of Eid al-Adha in their homeland. Under President Ilham Aliyev’s instructions, Azerbaijan initiated another phase of relocating residents to Shusha, resettling 21 families (85 people). With this latest relocation, the total number of families resettled in the city reached 126, comprising 491 individuals. Also a distribution of sacrificial animal meat took place in the courtyard of a new residential complex.

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BALKANS

BH Celebrating Eid

News: AP Archive

Celebrating Eid

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina and around the world welcome Eid al-Adha, the holiday of sacrifice, or Hajj Eid, the time of the Hajj pilgrimage. The central Eid ceremony of the Rijaset of the Islamic Community was held in the Gazi Husrev Bey Mosque in Sarajevo.

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AFRICA

TN Pilgrims on Mt Arafat

News: Al Jazeera

Pilgrims' Arafat Day in Mecca

TUNISIA

Muslims from around the world have converged on a sacred hill near Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the holiest day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

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ARABIA

SA Devil Stoning Hajj Ritual

News: AFP News Agency

'Devil Stoning' Hajj Ritual

SAUDI ARABIA

Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the hajj, the "stoning of the devil", in western Saudi Arabia, as Muslims the world over celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday. Beginning at dawn, the 1.8 million Muslims undertaking the pilgrimage this year throw seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolizing the devil in the Mina valley, located outside Mecca, the holiest city in Islam.

SA Devil Stoning Hajj Ritual

News: AR Rahman

'Devil Stoning' Hajj Ritual

SAUDI ARABIA

Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the hajj, the "stoning of the devil", in western Saudi Arabia, as Muslims the world over celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday. Beginning at dawn, the 1.8 million Muslims undertaking the pilgrimage this year throw seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolizing the devil in the Mina valley, located outside Mecca, the holiest city in Islam.