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Celebrated by more than a billion Muslims worldwide, the three-day festival of Eid al-Adha ends today. The second of two Eids in the year, Eid al-Adha occurs at the close of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca known as the Hajj. A time of both joy and reflection, the Eid was commemorated with jubilation and large-scale prayers by the six million plus Muslims in the U.S. The Eid and the pilgrimage preceding it teach a number of universal lessons, of value to Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The season reminds us of equality, simplicity, sacrifice and community...
Sacrifice: A component of both the pilgrimage to Mecca and the Eid celebration worldwide is the act of sacrifice. The meat of sacrificed animals is distributed, with portions allotted to the poor and needy. Global relief agencies now make it possible to sponsor a sacrifice in places where food supplies are desperately low. Sacrifice teaches a person to give to the greater community at a cost to the individual. It works to counter feelings of greed. At the same time, sacrifice takes us away from a materialistic "market-mentality" in which one only gives things away in exchange for other...
...spiritual effort. In addition to its symbolic value, there is much to be said on the merits of having believers of all backgrounds and races physically present at the same place. The setting of the Hajj provides concrete evidence that the Muslim world is a single community. Celebrations of Eid are in some ways microcosms of the Hajj, with the entire community coming out to pray together and to greet one another for the festival. The Eid prayers feature the largest congregations of the year and are a manifestation of the unity of believers. A common faith is an affirmative...
Malcolm X performed the Hajj and thereafter became Malik El-Shabazz Observing Muslims of all races living in unity and supporting one another, he shed any ideas of racial hatred. The Eid and the Hajj teach lessons on equality, simplicity, sacrifice and community that touch us all as human beings. Of the Hajj, El-Shabazz said, "I don't believe that motion picture cameras ever have filmed a human spectacle than my eyes took in." Reflection on this spectacle surely warrants our attention...
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: A bomb exploded on a crowded bus, killing at least 40 people heading home for Eid al-Adha,Islam's most holy day. At least 26 others were injured in the blast, some seriously. No group has yet taken responsibility, says TIME's Ghulam Hasnain, but groups opposed to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government are likely behind the incident. Sunday's blast follows a string of passenger bus explosions in Lahore during the last year. Many of these acts have been attributed to internal sectarian rivalry, says Hasnain: "In last few months, there has been a gradual...