Eid al-Adha beginning November 16 is among the biggest Muslim holidays

Muslim holidays draw a sharp distinction among the cultures of the west and Islam. One of the largest Muslim holiday seasons, "Eid al-Adha," is a three day affair that begins Nov. 16. Westerners accustomed to the festivities of Christmas would scratch their heads at Eid al-Adha, an occasion in which a practice called "the stoning of the Devil" is the main attraction.

Special occasion for Muslims is Eid al-Adha

December 7 is the Islamic New Year while Dec sixteen is Ashura. The upcoming Eid al-Adha will just be kicking off the special occasion season. The Jamarat Pillars had pebbles thrown at it by the millions of Muslim pilgrims that descended on the Mina valley in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The act symbolizes the Prophet Abraham’s resistance to the devil when the devil tried to discussion him out of killing his only son Ishmael as a demonstration of his obedience to Allah. Supposedly Abraham threw rocks at Satan so that he would go back to Hell and give up on what he wanted.

Pilgrims want to have stoning of the devil redone

Killing Ishmael is something Abraham's wife Hagar tried to stop him from doing. Ishmael was not thrilled over it either. The devil within the Eid al-Adha ritual is represented with three Jamarat Pillars. The devil is represented with the largest. It is about how he tried to get Abraham to disobey Allah by means of temptation. The second represents the devil tempting Hagar to try and stop him from killing their only son. Ishmael wanting his life instead of submitting to Allah due to the devil's temptation is what the 3rd represents.

Occasionally awful incidents come from Muslim holidays

Muslim holidays have been known to trigger deadly incidents. You are able to only get the Jamarat Pillars by passing the Jamarat Bridge. Each year, the Muslim pilgrims all have to cross it. The stoning of the devil ritual has become nearly impossible to control, and on several occasions hundreds of Muslim pilgrims have been suffocated or crushed. To try and prevent death from occurring, the Jamarat Bridge has been expanded to five levels by Saudi authorities. To improve crowd management, the Jamarat Pillars were exchanged with large walls to hustle the devil-stoners by means of at higher volumes.

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Wikipedia

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ThirdAge

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