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What is the name of the Islamic holiday that marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage and is celebrated with the ritual sacrifice of an animal, often a sheep?
Answer: Eid al-Adha — Eid al-Adha, the 'Festival of Sacrifice', commemorates Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son and is the holiest of the two Islamic Eids, celebrated worldwide with communal prayers, animal sacrifice, and distribution of meat to the poor.
- A Eid al-Fitr
- B Mawlid al-Nabi
- C Ashura
- D Eid al-Adha ✓
Eid al-Adha, the 'Festival of Sacrifice', commemorates Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son and is the holiest of the two Islamic Eids, celebrated worldwide with communal prayers, animal sacrifice, and distribution of meat to the poor.