Bakra-Eid Being observed Today

Muslims across the country are celebrating Bakra-Eid with zest and zeal on Tuesday. The festival, also known as Eid al-Adha, falls on the 70th day after the Ramadan, the nine month of the Hijri (Islamic lunar calendar).

Muslims greet each other after reading their Namaj at a mosque, on the occasion
 of Bakra-Eid, in Itahari, on Tuesday, September 13, 2016. Photo: RSS

The festival is observed commemorating the moment when Ibrahim, the first of the Old Testament who became ready to sacrifice his son at the command of Allah, the Muslim God, some 1435 years back as per the Hijri calendar, said Mohammad Khursid of Ghantaghar-Jame Mosque.

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