Religion of Tuesday, 20 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Muslims in Ghana celebrate the 'Festival of Sacrifice' Eid Al-Adha• Cattle traders have lamented the low patronage of livestock• The Eid was climaxed with the slaughtering of cows and ramMuslims all over the country are celebrating this year’s Eid Al-Adha which falls on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The most significant aspect of the celebration is the slaughtering of livestock preferably, cattle or ram. On his part, a cattle owner narrating his Eid experience also lamented the low patronage of animals due to the outbreak of covid-19. Background“Al-Adha” refers to sacrifice, specifically the “one in which Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his son, only to have God intervene and substitute a ram (or lamb) instead. The sacrifice as depicted in the Quran (the Islamic holy text) has similarities to what’s in the Bible, though according to most Muslims, Abraham was asked by God to sacrifice his son Ishmael, not Isaac.

Source: GhanaWeb July 20, 2021 16:41 UTC