Feast of Sacrifice

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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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feast day fete day Id al-Adha			A van taking 18 university students to their homelands for Feast of Sacrifice was stranded at 2,600 meters. TURKEY-PRESS SCAN (3) by Anadolu (Eskisehir, Turkey) Qatari minister of state for foreign affairs Ahmed al-Mahmud said on Tuesday that serious talks would not start before the holiday of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, which falls on November 27. Qatar launches Darfur talks without warring parties by AFP / AFP Global Edition Over 3000 people turn up for the feast of sacrifices. Jonglei Governor urges Muslims to align for development by Sudan Tribune (Sudan)			fearful fearfully fearfulness fearless fearlessly fearlessness Fearnaught fearnought fearsome fearsomely feasibility feasibility assessment feasibility study feasibility test feasible feasibleness feasibly feast feast day Feast of Booths Feast of Dedication Feast of Dormition Feast of Guardian Angels Feast of Lanterns Feast of Lights Feast of Sacrifice Feast of Tabernacles Feast of the Circumcision Feast of the Dedication Feast of the Unleavened Bread Feast of Weeks feast one's eyes Feaster Feastful feasting feat Feat-bodied Feateous feather Feather alum feather ball feather bed feather boa Feather driver feather duster Feather flower feather geranium feather grass Feather maker Feather moss feather one's nest			Feast of Kataklysmos Feast of Lanterns Feast of Lanterns Feast of Lights Feast of Lupercalia Feast of Lupercalia Feast of Lupercalia Feast of Michael Feast of Michael Feast of Michaelmas Feast of Michaelmas Feast of Michel Feast of Michel Feast of Mithra Feast of Nganja Feast of Nuestra Senora de Pe–afrancia Feast of Orthodoxy Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia Feast of Our Lady of Carmel Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Feast of Our Lady of the Angels Feast of Pentecost Feast of Pentecost Feast of Pentecost Feast of Purim Feast of Purim Feast of Purim Feast of Ridvan Feast of Rousa Feast of Sacrifice Feast of Saint Andrew Feast of Saint Nicholas Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Feast of San Estevan Feast of San Gennaro Feast of San Isidro of Seville Feast of San Isidro the Farmer Feast of Shahrewar Feast of Spendarmad Feast of St. Anthony of Padua Feast of St. Anthony the Abbot Feast of St. Augustine of Hippo Feast of St. Basil Feast of St. Clare of Assisi Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Feast of St. Frances Cabrini Feast of St. Frances of Rome Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Feast of St. Gabriel Feast of St. Hubert de Liège Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola Feast of St. Joseph the Worker Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul

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