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Feast of Sacrifice

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Noun1.Feast of Sacrifice - the 10th day of Dhu'l-Hijja; all Muslims attend a service in the mosques and those who are not pilgrims perform a ritual slaughter of a sheep (commemorating God's ransom of Abraham's son from sacrifice) and give at least a third of the meat to charity
Id al-Adha
feast day, fete day - a day designated for feasting


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Bombs went off on one of Islam's holiest days, Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, as worshippers left a Shi'i mosque in Baghdad on Jan.
American Educational Trust by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The carnival was just a week after one of the most important holidays in the Islamic calendar, Eid-ul-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice.
CSUN HOSTS MUSLIM-AMERICAN CARNIVAL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Eid-ul-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim or Abraham to obey God and offer his son as a sacrifice, although his son was ultimately spared.
MUSLIMS CELEBRATE FEAST OF SACRIFICE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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