Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha today

Muslims in Macau will be gathering this morning at 10 a.m. at the Macau Mosque on Ramal dos Mouros to celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.
According to community member Adnan Nasim, Muslims in Macau celebrate the festival a little differently to other parts of the world. The morning will begin with prayers, followed by tea and breakfast served in the courtyard of the Mosque. Adnan stated yesterday that families will stay there until late-afternoon today.
He also said that early tomorrow morning an animal sacrifice will be conducted at the Macau slaughterhouse at Fai Chi Kei. The meat will be brought back to the Mosque for distribution and consumption.
Eid al-Adha honors the biblical figure of Abraham who agreed to sacrifice his son as an act of submission to God. It is the latter of the two Eid holidays, with the former being Eid al-Fitr.