Eid Ul-Adha
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In this Friday, Oct. 26, 2012, photo, a Syrian rebel fighter takes cover as he watches over the enemy position as mortar explosions and gunfire in Aleppo, Syria, on the first day of Eid Al-Adha. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)
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An Iraqi police officer uses a bomb detector to search a woman outside the 14th Ramadan Mosque (in the background) on the first day of Eid al-Adha in Baghdad on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, commemorates the prophet Abraham's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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Afghan men pray inside a mosque during Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice by sacrificial killing of livestock to commemorate the religious story of Abraham. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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An Afghan man hold a green flag as he stands inside a mosque during Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice by sacrificial killing of livestock to commemorate the religious story of Abraham. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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A Yemeni girl wearing a new dress as she stands in an alley of the old city, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Afghan soldiers greet each other as they come out of a mosque after offering Eid al-Adha prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice by sacrificial killing of livestock to commemorate the religious story of Abraham. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Afghan women beg outside a mosques during Eid Al-Adha religious holiday in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/ Reza Shirmohammadi)
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Bangladeshi passengers sit on the roof and sides of an overcrowded train as others wait on the roof of a platform as they try to reach their homes to celebrate Eid al-Adha at the Airport train station, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
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A Bangladesh railway policeman tries to reprimand a man from jumping from a foot over bridge to the rooftop of an overcrowded train as scores of people try to reach home to celebrate Eid al-Adha at the Airport train station, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
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Afghan refugees living in Peshawar, Pakistan, offer Eid al-Adha prayers, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Worshippers perform the Eid al-Adha prayers in the mosque of Shuvalan pilgrimage site near Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. Muslims throughout the world celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha, Feast of Sacrifice, when Muslims around the world slaughter sheep and cattle in remembrance of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son. (AP Photo/Manoocher Deghati)
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Sheep are prepared for sacrifice on Eid al-Adha day in the mosque of Shuvalan pilgrimage site near Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday, Nov.16, 2010. Muslims throughout the world celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha, Feastl of Sacrifice, when Muslims around the world slaughter sheep and cattle in remembrance of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son. (AP Photo/Manoocher Deghati)
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Hundreds of Bangladeshi passengers headed to the southern districts to celebrate Eid al-Adha travel in overcrowded ferries through the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov.16, 2010.(AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
