Eid al-Adha and the Hajj, 2009 عيد الأضحى والحج عام

Eid al-Adha and the Hajj, 2009



A Muslim pilgrim prays near where the Hiraa cave is located, at the top
of Noor Mountain on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov.
24, 2009. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his
first message to preach Islam while he was praying in the cave. (AP
Photo/Hassan Ammar)



Muslim pilgrims pray on atop Noor Mountain in the holy city of Mecca before
the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage, on November 23, 2009. (MAHMUD
HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) #



The illuminated Grand Mosque is seen from the top of Noor Mountain where
the Hiraa cave is located, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24,
2009. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) #



Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of
Mecca after morning prayers, before the start of this year's hajj
pilgrimage November 24, 2009. (REUTERS/Caren Firouz) #



Muslim pilgrims pray inside the Grand mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) #



Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca ,Saudi Arabia,
Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/ Saudi Press Agency) #



A young Muslim boy runs during Eid al-Adha celebration at a mosque in
Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. (AP
Photo/Lai Seng Sin) #



A mother adjusts her daughter's headscarf before a prayer on the occasion
of Eid al-Adha at Jakarta's largest mosque, the Istiqlal on November
27, 2009 in Indonesia. (REUTERS/Supri) #



A Kashmiri sells delicacies ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in
Srinagar, India, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) #



Sacrificial sheep wait to be sold in an animal market set for the Muslim Feast of
the Sacrifice in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009, ahead of Eid
Al Adha holiday. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Ghosh) #



The Emir of Kano, Nigera, Ado Bayero (center), surrounded by his
traditional palace guards, rides on a horse after prayers to mark the
first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Kano, Nigeria on
November 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic) #



A man rides a motorbike with his children after prayers to mark the first
day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Kano, Nigeria on November
27, 2009. (REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye) #



A man is silhouetted along with his camels after they were brought to an
animal market to be sold in Lahore, Pakistan on November 24, 2009,
ahead of the Islamic Eid al-Adha celebrations. (REUTERS/Mohsin Raza) #



A herd of sheep, colored for identification, stand for sale at a
wholesale cattle market, ahead of Eid al-Adha festival in Amritsar,
India, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) #



Muslim pilgrims run for cover as heavy rain streams down a road in the holy
city of Mecca on November 25, 2009. An estimated 2.5 million Muslims
have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil
round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid
deadly stampedes. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) #



A Muslim man looks at the raising of the dome on the metallic roof
structure of the Strasbourg Grand Mosque in Strasbourg, France on
November 27, 2009. (FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images) #



Indonesian women pray on the first day of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha in
Jakarta on November 27, 2009. (ADEK BERRY/AFP/Getty Images) #



Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi city of Mecca
on November 26, 2009. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) #



A Palestinian pilgrim holds prayer beads against a fence as they wait to
pass from Gaza through the Rafah border crossing to Egypt for the
upcoming Eid al-Adha festival, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday,
Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba) #



A Muslim pilgrim prays on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat outside the
holy city of Mecca November 26, 2009. (REUTERS/Caren Firouz) #



Muslims pray during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Wuzhong, Ningxia Hui Autonomous
Region, China on November 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer) #



Muslims pray during Eid al-Adha celebrations on a street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed) #



Muslim men pray during the Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bairam) festival of sacrifice
holiday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on November 27, 2009. (VYACHESLAV
OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images) #



Ivorian Muslims pray in front of the Fitya mosque of the popular Abobo district
of Abidjan, Ivory Coast on November 27, 2009. (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty
Images) #



A girl watches Muslims prepare meat after sheep were slaughtered during
Eid al-Adha Feast of Sacrifice in Johor Bahru, Malaysia on November 27,
2009. (REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad) #



The Prophet Mohammed Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Medina on November
12, 2009. Islam's Prophet Mohammed is buried in Medina's landmark
mosque, which is Islam's second holiest shrine after Mecca. (MAHMUD
HAMS/AFP/Getty Images) #



A helicopter hovers over Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the
Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 26, 2009. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty
Images) #



Muslim pilgrims on their way to throw pebbles at a stone pillar representing
the devil, during the Hajj pilgrim in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia,
Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The last stage of the annual Hajj pilgrimage,
the symbolic stoning of the devil, began on Friday. (AP Photo/Hassan
Ammar) #



Muslim pilgrim throw pebbles at a stone pillar representing the devil, during
the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. (AP
Photo/Hassan Ammar) #



Passengers travel atop a train as it heads for Jamalpur from Dhaka, Bangladesh on
November 27, 2009. Millions of residents in Dhaka are travelling home
from the capital city to celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday on Saturday.
(REUTERS/Andrew Biraj) #



Customers are seen, reflected in the eye of a buffalo, as they bargain with the
seller at a market ahead of Eid al-Adha festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman) #



A cow lies on the ground, slaughtered for the celebrations of the first
day of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha in the Rhodope Mountains
village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria, some 210 km south of Sofia. (NIKOLAY
DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images) #



A man is silhouetted outside a mosque on the first day of the Muslim
festival of Eid al-Adha, in town of Obilic, near Kosovo's capital
Pristina November 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Hazir Reka) #



Syrians look at stacks of sweets displayed in preparation to celebrate Eid
al-Adha at Al-Midan market in downtown Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Nov.
24, 2009. (AP Photo/ Bassem Tellawi) #



The sun rises over a mosque in Cairo on the first day of Eid al-Adha, November 27, 2009. (REUTERS/Tarek Mostafa) #


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