Malacca, Malaysia, 15 October 2013 -Malaysian Muslim men perform the holy sacrifice; celebrating Eid al-Adha on the 15 October 2013. Eid al-Adha also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram or Eid e Qurban is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honour the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his young first-born son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of submission to Allah’s command and his son’s acceptance to being sacrificed, before Allah intervened to provide Abraham with a Lamb to sacrifice instead.In the lunar Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days.[3] In the international Gregorian calendar, the dates vary from year to year, drifting approximately 11 days earlier each year.
