This Muslim Community Celebrated Eid With A Goat-Shaped Cake Instead Of Slaughtering An Animal

EDUCATION HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE EVEN THE OLDEST PRACTICES

Last year, the Nepalese temple authorities announced the end of their centuries-old Hindu tradition of mass animal slaughter during the Gadhimai festival that occurs once every five years. The sacrificial practice was stopped because they �realised that animals are so much like us � they have the same organs as us�and feel the same pain we do.�

Earlier this year, the Forestry Bureau of Taiwan initiated an amendment to the country�s Wildlife Conservation Act, to curb the problem of prohibited releasing of animals into the wild. The passing of this Bill amendment will help to discourage irresponsible mercy releases to be carried out for religious rituals, which cause many wild animals to be inhumanely poached and traded, and then released as foreign species that can result in damaging disruptions to ecosystems.

Recently, during another traditional religious celebration, Eid Al-Adha (otherwise known as the �Sacrifice Feast�), one Muslim community in India decided to do away with the traditional animal sacrifice in the name of compassion. Read the article below to find out what they did so as to proudly enjoy a �blood-free� holy holiday!

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Bakr Eid, also known as Eid al-Adha, is a holy holiday that many Muslims celebrate on September 11 and September 12. Festivities for this day include exchanging special prayers and greetings, eating delicious traditional foods, and � sacrificing a goat. If one of those actions doesn�t seem like the�

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