Eid al-Adha 2021: when is Greater Eid and how is it celebrated?

The ‘Festival of the Sacrifice’ marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage

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A man carries a ram bought to celebrate Eid al-Adha at the market in Kara, in the state of Ogun, on September 23, 2015.Nigeria imposed tight movement restrictions in the restive northeast aft

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A man carries a ram bought to celebrate Eid al-Adha at the market in Kara, in the state of Ogun, on September 23, 2015.Nigeria imposed tight movement restrictions in the restive northeast aft

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For the second year in a row, many of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims will be celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the two most important festivals in the Muslim calendar, under stringent Covid-19 restrictions.

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