Eid el Adha (Sacrifice-Oblation) Discussions
(‘Kurban (common in Turkish and first means victim, kind of sacrifice, and a kind of self-abondonment, and called Eid Al Adha in Arabic) ’ is one of the two main religious holidays in Islamic faith, which is performed by slaughtering cattle, big or small, in the name of God; hence the name.) Who did this to us? How did we become so politicized even on Kurban ( Eid Al Adha) Holiday in Turkey? How did people end up donating to X organization instead of sacrificing an animal? What is sacrifice? It is kind of abnegation. The main thing is the feeling of abnegation in that person’s heart rather than the form of the sacrifice. How many people know the real purpose behind sacrifice? Back in the days, we used to pet the animal to be sacrificed in our backyard for few days prior to the holiday. We cherished the animal and spent time with it as much as we could. Can it really be called a man’s abnegation to butcher that little lamb without feeling that connection? Ca...