USA: Eid al-Adha builds a stronger Muslim community with celebration

Local members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the oldest Muslim organization in America, will hold its Eid al-Adha observance at 10 a.m. today in Hadee Mosque at 245 Division St. in Uptown Harrisburg. Imam Saleem Muhaimin will speak.

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Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: The Patriot-News
By Mary Klaus | November 06, 2011
Edited by Ahmadiyya Times | Imran Jattala

Eid al-Adha is based on the Old Testament and Quran story about Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, in an act of submission to God’s will.

Traditionally, Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of the final month of the Islamic calendar, the day after the pilgrims perform their Hajj — the annual pilgrimage to Mecca — and descend from Mount Arafat.

Local members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the oldest Muslim organization in America, will hold its Eid al-Adha observance at 10 a.m. today in Hadee Mosque at 245 Division St. in Uptown Harrisburg. Imam Saleem Muhaimin will speak.

Akram Khalid, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Harrisburg & Central Pennsylvania, said that community is a reformist, fast-growing international movement within Islam.

Founded in 1889, the community spans 200 countries.

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