Edit Profile. Subscribe Now. Your Subscription Plan Cancel Subscription. Home India News Entertainment. HT Insight. My Account. In , for example, Eid al-Fitr was celebrated on June In , the date for Eid al-Fitr will be June For Eid al-Adha, the date this year is September 1. In , it will fall on August Eid al-Fitr features two to three days of celebrations that include special prayers.
In addition, Muslims are encouraged to forgive differences and let go of grudges. There are a multitude of other practices that vary from country to country. During the pilgrimage, Muslims cast stones at a pillar, which represents Satan. In remembrance of how Ibrahim was given a ram to sacrifice as a substitute for his son, they proceed to sacrifice animals such as goats, cattle, sheep or camels. Those unable to go on the pilgrimage visit mosques and even family gravesites.
The sacrifice represents how, like Ibrahim, pilgrims and practicing Muslims worldwide are willing to give up even their most precious possessions. If the moon is not sighted, the month will last 30 days. Same goes with Ramzan and Eid al-Fitr. Muslims will observe 29th fasting day of Ramzan on June Iraq, which has a Shia majority and Sunni minority, uses a mix of the two - the Shia following the influential cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's announcement, while the Sunni follow their own clerics.
Both Sunni and Shia Muslims in Iraq celebrated Eid al-Fitr on the same day in for the first time in several years. Turkey, meanwhile, a country that is officially secular, uses astronomical calculations to decide the start and end of Ramadan. And in the rest of Europe, most Muslims wait for announcements by leaders of their own communities - though this may depend on observing the Moon in other Islamic countries.
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