Eid_Al-Adha - EID AL-ADHA

EID AL-ADHA

Palestinians gather around a cow, one day before Eid al-Adha, in the Khanyouns Refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Saturday Jan. 31, 2004. The Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, falls on the tenth day of Dualhijjah, the final month of the Muslim year. As Eid approaches, Muslims start buying cows and sheep and goats to be slaughtered for the holiday..(UPI photo/Ismael Mohamad)


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Israel begins freeing 227 Palestinians
JERUSALEM, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- More than 200 freed Palestinian prisoners began exiting Israeli prisons Monday as a goodwill gesture on the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, officials said.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, commenced a cease-fire Monday in an effort to enter into negotiations with the government of Turkey.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- An Israeli prison board Sunday approved the release of 230 Palestinian prisoners, officials said.
BAQUBA, Iraq, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The mayor of the Iraqi city of Baquba was among 34 people wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in a market Sunday, officials said.
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Millions of pilgrims have gathered in Saudi Arabia for the annual ritual of the Hajj, the pilgrimage every Muslim is supposed to make at least once.
RABAT, Morocco, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A deadly viral disease is threatening livestock in Morocco, jeopardizing the local and neighboring economies, a U.N. agency said Tuesday.
Bardot fined for inciting racial hatred
PARIS, June 3 (UPI) -- Former movie star Brigitte Bardot, a well-known animal rights activist, has been fined $23,000 by a French court for inciting racial hatred.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Police in Pakistan have arrested four suspects, including two Islamic students, in connection with a recent suicide bombing, a report said.
Farm barred from hosting Muslim sacrifice
PRINCETON, N.C., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A North Carolina farmer who has long sold lambs and goats to Muslims for holiday sacrifices has been barred by the state from hosting the slaughters.
LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber's assassination attempt on a former official killed at least 50 people in a crowded mosque in the city of Lahore.
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