Eid al-Adha 2021: When is the Muslim festival and how will it be celebrated amid COVID-19? Sudiksha Kochi and Jordan Culver, USA TODAY © AFP/Getty Images Muslims pray at the central mosque of Bamako during the muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Aug. 21, 2018.
This week, millions of Muslims worldwide will celebrate Eid al-Adha, an Islamic religious festival commemorating Prophet Abraham s faithfulness to God after being tested with the unfulfilled command to sacrifice his son.
The holiday also marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. It is different from another major Muslim holiday, Eid al-Fitr, which was recently celebrated in May to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Eid al-Adha 2021: When is the Muslim festival, and how will it be celebrated amid COVID?
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DR Congo senior Muslim cleric shot dead in mosque © Getty Images Muslims form a minority in DR Congo
A senior Muslim cleric in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been shot dead while praying in the main mosque in Beni city.
The gunman shot Sheikh Ali Amini during evening prayers on Saturday and then fled, a human rights activist said.
The cleric was a strong critic of Islamic militancy in the region, Reuters news agency reports.
Eastern DR Congo has been badly hit by instability, including attacks claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
Many armed groups operate in eastern DR Congo, a legacy of the conflicts that gripped the region in the 1990s.