A look at Muslim holiday season can reveal a lot about the cultural differences among Islam and the west. A major Muslim holiday called “Eid al-Adha” began on Nov. sixteen and is celebrated for three days. While a western holiday for instance Christmas celebrates consumer spending and other forms of excess, Eid al-Adha celebrates the “stoning of the Devil”.
Muslims honoring Eid al-Adha
Soon the Muslim special occasion season will begin. Eid al-Adha will start it with then a move to the Islamic New Year on December 7 and on December 16 can be Ashura. 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 Prophet Abraham resisting the devil is what the act symbolizes. The story says the devil wanted Abraham to not kill his only son Ishmael as Allah had commanded. There is a legend about the stoning of the Devil. It claims that Satan gave up and went back to Hell after Abraham threw rocks at him.
Pilgrims don’t forget by redoing the stoning of the devil
Abraham’s wife Hagar tried to stop him from killing Ishmael. There's a good chance Ishmael did not like the idea. There are three Jamarat Pillars that represent the devil in the Eid al-Adha ritual. The largest pillar represents the devil trying to tempt Abraham into disobeying Allah. Hagar trying to stop him from killing their son due to the devil's temptation is what the second represents. Ishmael being tempted by the devil is what the 3rd represents. It is because he pleaded for his life.
Muslim holidays deadly
Dangerous incidents have been started because of Muslim holidays within the past. To get to the Jamarat Pillars, an immense crowd of Muslim pilgrims, which gets larger yearly, must cross the Jamarat Bridge. Hundreds of Muslims have been suffocated and crushed during the stoning the devil ritual as it is nearly extremely hard to control. Saudi authorities decided they needed to help stop the problem. This is why the Jamarat Bridge was expanded into five levels. So the devil-stoners could get through with higher volumes of people, the Jamarat Pillars were replaced with huge walls.
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PressTV
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Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoning_of_the_Devil
ThirdAge
thirdage.com/news/muslim-holidays-clouded-controversial-bill-adultery-ruling_11-16-2010
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