(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Ethiopian Muslim community celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid in the national stadium. Christian and Muslim holidays are often colorfully and peacefully celebrated in Ethiopia, a country that has the oldest tradition of religious co-existence between the two major religions since the 4th century.
Eid al-Adha was celebrated on Tuesday throughout Ethiopia for 1431st time among Muslim faithful.
The holiday was celebrated with congregation and religious songs.
Eid al-Adha or "Festival of Sacrifice" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a ram to sacrifice instead.
Ed al-Adha is celebrated annually on the 10th day of the 12th and the last Islamic month of Dhu al-Hijjah of the lunar Islamic calendar al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj.
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