Post-Classical Middle East: The Festival of Sacrifice

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The Festival of Sacrifice

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Category: Regional History or Period History
Forum Name: Post-Classical Middle East
Forum Discription: SW Asia, the Middle East and Islamic civilizations from 600s - 1900 AD
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Topic: The Festival of Sacrifice

Posted By: xi_tujue
Subject: The Festival of Sacrifice
Date Posted: 09-Jul-2006 at 04:03

Eid ul-Adha ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language - Arabic : عيد الأضحى) occurs on the tenth day of the Islamic month of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhul_Hijja - Dhul Hijja . It is one of two http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_festival - Eid festivals that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam - Muslims celebrate. Eid ul-Adha is celebrated by Muslims worldwide as a commemoration of Prophet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim - Ibrahim 's willingness to sacrifice his son(Ishmael) for (Allah) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah - God .

Many Muslims believe that God(Allah) revealed in a dream to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim - Ibrahim (Prophet Abraham) to sacrifice his son http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael - Isma�il . Ibrahim and Isma�il set off to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina%2C_Saudi_Arabia - Mina for the sacrifice. As they went, the devil attempted to persuade Ibrahim to disobey Allah and not to sacrifice his beloved son. But Ibrahim stayed true to Allah, and drove the devil away. As Ibrahim prepared to sacrifice his son, Allah stopped him and gave him a sheep to sacrifice instead.

My question is why did the jews abandoned this and wht christians never adopted it.

when did the jews stop dueing this

tnx

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I rather be a nomadic barbarian than a sedentary savage

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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 11-Jul-2006 at 03:55

BTW, just for clrification, the Qur'an says nothing off which son it was, it being Ismail is just clarification.

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