Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى ‘Īdu l-’Aḍḥā) "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abraham (Ibrahim) to sacrifice his son Ishmael (Ismael) as an act of obedience to God, but instead was able to sacrifice a ram (by God's command). Eid is also about spending time with family and friends, sacrifice, and thanksgiving for being able to afford food and housing. In traditional or agrarian settings, each family would sacrifice a domestic animal, such as a sheep, goat, cow, or camel, by slaughter (though some contemporary Muslims do not sacrifice an animal as part of their observance, it is still a very popular tradition, even in Muslim communities in Europe). The meat would then be divided into three equal parts to be distributed to others. The family eats one third, another third is given to other relatives, friends or neighbours, and the other third is given to the poor as a gift.
Eid al-Adha is the latter of two Eid festivals celebrated by Muslims, whose basis comes from Sura 2 (Al-Baqara) ayah 196 in the Qur'an.[2] Like Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Adha begins with a short prayer followed by a sermon (khuṭbah).
Eid al-Adha is celebrated annually on the 10th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah (ذو الحجة) of the lunar Islamic calendar. Eid al-Adha celebrations start after the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide, descend from Mount Arafat. The date is approximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan. Ritual observance of the holiday lasts until sunset of the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah.
November 2, 2010
To bring forward the distribution of salaries of staff on the occasion of Eid
Retired workers receive salaries of September and October
بغداد ـ وفاء عامر Baghdad and Wafaa Amer
Instructed the Minister of Finance Baqir Jabr Al-Zubaidi to accounting department in the ministry launched the salaries of state employees for the month of November according to new dates, by the advent of Eid Al Adha holiday
Began with the Department of Retirement and Social Security the distribution of salaries of retired workers for the months of September and October through the postal offices. A statement by the ministry, received a «morning» copy of it: he will be distributed to the salaries of Cabinet of the President of the Republic and offices attached to it, as well as the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, ministries of finance and higher education and scientific research and foreign affairs, and departments not associated with the Ministry in the tenth day of this month.
He added: «The Ministries of Planning and Construction and Housing, Labour and Social Affairs, Water Resources and of Displacement and Migration and Human Rights, will be the distribution of salaries of their employees in the atheist th of this month». The statement indicated that he will be distributed to the salaries of the staff of the ministries of science and technology, culture, justice, industry and minerals, electricity, and the offices of the Waqf in the fourth Twenty of the current month.
To that initiated the Department of pension and social security for workers of the Ministry of Finance, the distribution of salaries of retired workers for the months of September and October through the postal offices. And the transfer of a media source for «morning» About Department director Sami Ibrahim Al-Tamimi had been completed all procedures for the salaries of retired workers for the months of September and October two years.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Nov. 10-13 Eid ~ Iraq Finance: To bring forward the distribution of salaries of staff on the occasion of Eid ...
Bumped ~ Ritual observance of the holiday lasts until sunset of the 13th day of Dhu al-Hijjah
