Azerbaijani media, citing the announcement of the county’s foreign ministry, reports that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent a letter of congratulations to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on Eid al-Adha.
As reported, Hillary Clinton said she is pleased to offer congratulations on Eid al-Adha and extends her best wishes for the Muslims around the world who have performed the Hajj.
Eid al-Adha , also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram andBakrid is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honor the willingness of the prophet ʾIbrāhīm (Abraham) to sacrifice his young first-born son Ismā’īl (Ishmael)aas an act of submission to God’s command and his son’s acceptance to being sacrificed, before God intervened to provide Abraham with a ram to sacrifice instead. In the lunar Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah and lasts for four days.