Daily Dawn correspondents, Dawn TV report
London: Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated in Britain, Europe, Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries today.
The largest Eid prayer gatherings were held in the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, which were attended by thousands of people.
The Saudi leadership has received congratulatory messages from leaders of several Islamic countries on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha.
Eid-ul-Adha is being celebrated in most Muslim countries of the world, including Saudi Arabia, today, while the Hajj rituals have entered the final stages, where pilgrims pelted the devil with stones.
Apart from Saudi Arabia, Eid-ul-Adha is also being celebrated in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Oman and Iraq today, while Muslims living in Britain, the United States, Canada and Australia will also celebrate Eid-ul-Adha today.
In Saudi Arabia, large Eid prayer gatherings were held at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and others performed Eid prayers.
Eid prayers were also offered in thousands of small and large mosques across Saudi Arabia, in which Saudi citizens, Pakistanis and other foreigners participated.
Following the Eid prayer gatherings, pilgrims performed the ritual of sacrifice, following the Abrahamic tradition, after which their heads are shaved.
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