Eid al-Adha News

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri cabled Eid al-Adha greetings to top officials in the UAE, offering moral support for the emirate of Dubai, currently mired in financial crisis.

Vodafone Qatar distributed over 2,000 boxes containing sweets and other gifts among children and adults during the holy season of Eid al-Adha. The company also donated QR 10,000 to provide sacrificial meat to over 600 needy families.

United Arab Emirates: 31 minutes ago Mr. Farid Al Shamandy, the General Manager of Emirates Cooperative Society, stated that Emirates Coop has achieved a 19% increase in sales during the special promotion campaign for Eid al-Adha and National Day that was held during November 25 to December 5, 2009.

Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al Adha - the end of the hajj pilgrimage.

With a unique heritage that reflects the authenticity of its people, the wilayat of Nizwa continues with its Eid Al Adha celebrations.

"Allahu akbar , allahu akbar, allahu akbar la ilaha illallah allahu akbar, allahu akbar wa lillahi lhamd" These phrases were being chanted before the Eid prayers Friday morning in Westin Hotel in Bellevue.

MADINAH: Every year after the departure of pilgrims from Madinah to Makkah to perform Haj, tens of thousands of visitors arrive in Madinah to spend their Eid Al-Adha holidays.

Shoes set aside for prayers fill the grass as Muslims gather at City Island Park on Friday to celebrate the climax of the 10-day Hajj holiday season - Eid al-Adha. N-J Audrey Parente Greeting one another and exchanging gifts for Eid-al-Adha at City Island Park Friday are, from left, Abeer Eltemtamy, 15, Doaa Eltemtamy, 14, Tala Saboungi, 12, Rania ...

A kid queues up along with his family members for homebound bus in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on Nov.

Thanks to the magic of technology, a mysterious TV channel praising Saddam Hussein began broadcasting in Iraq on November 27, the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday and the Islamic calendar anniversary of Hussein's 2006 execution.

Five young Muslim men ended their Eid al-Adha vacation in the emergency room at Ziv hospital in Hedera, after they claimed they were attacked by Druze men from the village of Majdal Shams because of their religion.

Today marks the beginning of the four-day Eid al-Adha for Muslims in Turkey and around the world, with millions across the nation traveling to visit family members and loved ones this holiday weekend.

Earlier a paramilitary Frontier Corps statement said troops backed by helicopter gunships had killed 15 militants in a new operation in Khyber, which lies on the main Nato supply route to Afghanistan outside Peshawar.

Bulgarian Muslims pray at a mosque in the village of Ribnovo, some 250 km south of Bulgarian capital Sofia, November 27, 2009.

Dhaka, Bangladesh A ferry crowded with people heading home to celebrate the Eid al-Adha festival capsized.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, second left, inspects the ceremonial guard of honor on the occasion of Eid al-Adha at the Presidential Palace mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Nov.

Muslims in Russia join the Islamic world on Friday in celebrating Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice, or Kurban Bairam, as it is called by Russian and Central Asian Muslims.

Sacrificial ceremonies continue to be held by minis tries and other institutions in the country to celebrate Aidil Adha.

Dressed in festive clothes, Muslims thronged mosques around the world to pray on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice.

More than 3,000 Muslims gathered in prayer and fellowship yesterday at The Showplace on Mechanicsville Turnpike to mark Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice.