MUSLIMS in Malaysia and most of their brethern around the world will observe Aidiladha, which means the œFeast of the Sacrifice today. Also known as Hari Raya Haji or Hari Raya Qurban in Malaysia, Aidiladha is one of the most important events in the Islamic calendar. It honours the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son, Ismail, as an act of obedience to Allahs command “ and Allah’s mercy in putting a ram in Ismail’s place at the last moment, according to Islamic traditions. As Arab news channel Al Arabiya explains it, œMuslims believe that the very moment Ibrahim raised the knife, God told him to stop, that he had passed the test and to replace Ismail with a sacrificial ram.
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