Thursday, September 24, 2015

Sacrificing lives for what? - YUSUF KANLI

Sacrificing lives for what?

The Feast of Sacrifice bayram (holiday) or Eid al-Adha is one of the two most important festivities of Islam. Sacrificing sheep, goats, camels or cows, depending on the wealth of the family, during the bayram has become a tradition. It would have been great, perhaps, if Abraham was offered by God to plant a tree instead of a sheep to sacrifice instead of Ismail, yet religious beliefs cannot be questioned and must be respected.

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