Editors: Mohamed & Rashida Ziauddin
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful
EID REPRESENTS THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE GLOBAL UMMAH
Where a picture speaks a thousand words
(All pictures: courtesy of REUTERS - Yahoo Photos)
NIGERIA:
A man rides a motorbike with his children after prayers to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Kano November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye
Traditional palace guards of Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero (not pictured), ride on horses after prayers to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Kano November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.
Traditional palace guards of Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, fire locally made muskets to mark the end of prayers on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Kano November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A traditional palace guard of the Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, holds a spear as he rides a horse after prayers to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Kano November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero (C), surrounded by his traditional palace guards, rides on a horse after prayers to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Kano November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A man drives children in a car after prayers to mark the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Kano November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Muslim pilgrims gather at Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, Saudi Arabia. Pilgrims pelted pillars symbolising the devil with pebbles to show their defiance on the third day of the hajj as Muslims marked the Eid al-Adha holy day with mass animal sacrifices.
VIDEO: Pilgrims gather in the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around Mount Arafat, the site where Mohammed gave his farewell sermon in this day on the Islamic calendar 1,377 years ago. During the hajj pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran. 57(AFPTV)
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Muslim pilgrims throw stones at pillars symbolising the devil in Mina outside the holy city of Mecca during the haj pilgrimage November 27, 2009. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
Muslim pilgrims reach out to touch the door of the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. Muslim pilgrims reach out to touch the door of the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
VIDEO - Pilgrims pelted pillars symbolising the devil with pebbles to show their defiance on the third day of the hajj. 44(AFPTV)
(AFP) A Muslim pilgrim eats a free meal on the side of a road in Mina outside the holy city of Mecca during the haj pilgrimage November 28, 2009. Saudi authorities are trying to prevent Saudi based pilgrims from entering Mecca without a haj permit. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
Muslim pilgrims without accommodation camp on a hill in Mina outside the holy city of Mecca during the haj pilgrimage November 28, 2009. Saudi authorities are trying to prevent Saudi based pilgrims from entering Mecca without a haj permit. Picture taken through a glass. REUTERS/Caren Firouz
Muslim pilgrims walk outside their tents on a mountain in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca. Stoning the devil and circling the Mecca Grand Mosque's kaaba shrine, two million pilgrims began the final rituals of the hajj on Saturday ahead of a massive exodus from Islam's holiest city. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
Muslim pilgrims gather to perform the "Jamarat" ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca on November 27. Stoning the devil and circling the Mecca Grand Mosque's kaaba shrine, two million Muslim pilgrims launched into the final rituals of the hajj on Saturday ahead of their massive exodus from Islam's holiest city. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)
An night view of the pilgrim camp in Mina outside the holy city of Mecca during the haj pilgrimage November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail, on God's command.REUTERS/Caren Firouz
Muslim pilgrims on their way to throw pebbles at a stone pillar representing the devil, during the Hajj pilgrim in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Vast crowds of pilgrims are participating in the third day of the annual hajj on Friday in Saudi Arabia, as Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
(AFP/Mahmud Hams)musl im pilgrims takes pictures by their mobile to thousands of tents housing Muslim pilgrims are crowded together in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The last stage of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the symbolic stoning of the devil, began on Friday. The first day of stoning also marks the start of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, or feast of sacrifice, when Muslims around the world slaughter sheep and cattle in remembrance of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
GERMANY:
Muslims pray in an exhibition hall used as a temporary mosque, to mark the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Strasbourg, November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the Haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.
Muslim women watch the installation of the dome of Strasbourg's Grand Mosque set up to mark the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Strasbourg November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
Muslims attend the installation of the dome of Strasbourg's Grand Mosque in a ceremony which coincides with the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Strasbourg November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.
Muslims attend the installation of the dome of Strasbourg's Grand Mosque to mark the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Strasbourg November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
Workers use a crane to lift the dome of Strasbourg's Grand Mosque during a ceremony which coincides with the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Strasbourg November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
INDIA
Muslims pilgrims rest on the stairs of the illuminated Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) on the eve of Eid al-Adha in the old quarters of Delhi November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail, on God's command.REUTERS/B Mathur
PALESTINE:
Palestinians pray on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and to Jews as Temple Mount on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Jerusalem's Old City November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Palestinian girl dressed in costume stands on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and to Jews as Temple Mount after prayers on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Jerusalem's Old City November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Palestinians pray next to a grave on the first day of the holiday of Eid al-Adha at a Muslim cemetery just outside Jerusalem's Old city November 27, 2009.
A Palestinian boy plays with a balloon after Friday prayers on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Jerusalem's Old City November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
RUSSIA
A man prays on a street during Kurban-Ait, also known as Eid al-Adha in Arabic, as people pass by outside a mosque in central Moscow November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.
People pray during Kurban-Ait, also known as Eid al-Adha in Arabic, on a street outside a mosque in central Moscow, November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/STRINGER
People pray during Kurban-Ait, also known as Eid al-Adha in Arabic, on a street outside a mosque in central Moscow, November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/STRINGER
MALAYSIA:
Muslims prepare meat for distribution to the needy during Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, in Johor Bahru, 350 km (217 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur November 28, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, marking the end of the haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad
CHECHNYA:
People pray during Kurban-Ait, also known as Eid al-Adha in Arabic, in the Central mosque, named after Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov's father Akhmat in Grozny, November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/S.Dal
INDONESIA:
People jostle to receive free meat as part of the festival of Eid al-Adha at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta November 28, 2009. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, celebrates Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering goats and cows and distributing the meat to the poor.
A mother carrying her child falls to the ground after jostling with others to pass through a compound gate to receive free meat as part of the festival of Eid al-Adha in Jakarta November 27, 2009. Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, celebrates Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the Haj by slaughtering goats and cows and distributing the meat to the poor. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi.
IRAN:
REUTERS/Crack Palinggi: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Iranian worshippers shout slogans in support of Iran's nuclear program and against Israel during Eid al-Adha prayers at a university in Tehran November 28, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha, marking the end of the haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.
FRANCE:
Butchers prepare to sacrifice sheep on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Marseille November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier)
BANGLADESH:
A boy sells cigarettes on top of an overcrowded train as it heads to Jamalpur from Dhaka November 27, 2009. Millions of residents in Dhaka are travelling home from the capital city to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday on Saturday. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj
Bosnian Muslim boy poses as he stands in front of a mosque after the Eid prayers in the village of Preocica near Vitez on the first day of Eid al-Adha November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Bosnian Muslim pray at a cemetery in the village of Preocica near Vitez on the first day of Eid al-Adha November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
EGYPT:
Butchers cut the meat of cows during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Banha, 48 km (30 miles) north of Cairo, November 27, 2009, Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Haj pilgrimage to Mecca by hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world by slaughtering goats, sheep and cattle in commemoration of the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah.
A girl plays with balloons after Eid al-Adha prayers outside a mosque in Cairo November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Tarek Mostafa
The sun rises over a mosque in Cairo on the first day of Eid al-Adha, November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Tarek Mostafa
Kosovo Muslims pray in the streets to mark the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Kosovo's capital Pristina November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Hazir Reka
UKRAINE:
Men attend prayers during Kurban-Ait, also known as Eid al-Adha in Arabic, at a mosque in the city of Yevpatoriya, some 850 kilometres (528 miles) south from Kiev, November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-al-Adha, marking the end of the Haj, by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/STRINGER
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