Happy Eid el-Kabir celebration
— 21st August 2018
It is another celebration of the Eid el-Kabir festival, which is highly regarded among Muslim faithful the world over. The feast is marked with prayers, charity, love and forgiveness as well as the slaughter of rams in commemoration of Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, on Mount Moriah before Allah intervened and gave him a ram to sacrifice instead of his son.
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This demonstrates the sanctity of human life and also shows that one should never sacrifice a human life. As usual, Nigerian Muslim faithful will use the occasion to recite the Holy Koran, offer prayers to Allah and offer gifts to the needy, the less privileged and friends.
While some Nigerians travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to mark the feast, which is…
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