The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1067 page)

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d al-A
,

d al-Qurb
n or al-‘
d al-Kab
r
(feast of the
sacrifice
or the great feast). Muslim sacrifice of an animal—camel, sheep, or goat—forms part of the ceremony of
ajj
, pilgrimage, and is carried out at Min
, near
Mecca
, on the tenth day of Dh
’l-
ijja. Muslims all over the world sacrifice an animal on this day, a ceremony which is intended to commemorate the sacrifice of Ibr
h
m (
Abraham
).

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