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...Israelites' liberation from Egypt. It is also Good Friday for all but the Eastern Orthodox sects of Christianity, marking the day Jesus was crucified by the Romans. And, as noted by columnist Aamir Abdul Rehman '98 on this page yesterday, this is the week of the Eid al-Adha, the time of the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca...
Celebrated by more than a billion Muslims worldwide, the three-day festival of Eid al-Adha ends today. The second of two Eids in the year, Eid al-Adha occurs at the close of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca known as the Hajj. A time of both joy and reflection, the Eid was commemorated with jubilation and large-scale prayers by the six million plus Muslims in the U.S. The Eid and the pilgrimage preceding it teach a number of universal lessons, of value to Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The season reminds us of equality, simplicity, sacrifice and community...
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: A bomb exploded on a crowded bus, killing at least 40 people heading home for Eid al-Adha,Islam's most holy day. At least 26 others were injured in the blast, some seriously. No group has yet taken responsibility, says TIME's Ghulam Hasnain, but groups opposed to Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's government are likely behind the incident. Sunday's blast follows a string of passenger bus explosions in Lahore during the last year. Many of these acts have been attributed to internal sectarian rivalry, says Hasnain: "In last few months, there has been a gradual...
...kind of emotion in his countrymen, but also because the state of emergency left people uneasy about venturing into the streets. There were no roadblocks. No extraordinary military presence was visible except around a few key installations and buildings. Stores stayed open late as Cairenes shopped for 'Id al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice. Only on the morning of the funeral was there a street demonstration. Said a student: "Something is destroyed inside of me. He is gone, I'm here. That...
Last week Bhutto, 47, talked at his home in Larkana with TIME'S New Delhi bureau chief William Smith about Pakistan's problems; he had flown there to celebrate the Moslem holiday of 'Id al-Adha before making a four-day state visit to Sri Lanka. Sipping tea on the veranda of the rambling country house, he reminisced about his days at the University of Southern California during the late 1940s. Smith, who was then a student at California Occidental College and vividly recalls Bhutto's championship debating style, reported that "the Prime Minister...