Stoning Of The Devil Greatest Of Muslim Holidays
A look at Muslim holidays can reveal a lot about the cultural differences among Islam and the west. One of the greatest Muslim holiday seasons, “Eid al-Adha,” is a three day affair that begins November sixteen. A contrast becomes evident when comparing a commercialized holiday, Christmas, with the “stoning of the Devil,” the practice of Eid al-Adha.
The Muslim special occasion of Eid al-Adha
Soon the Muslim holiday season will begin. Eid al-Adha will start it with then a move to the Islamic New Year on Dec 7 and on Dec sixteen can be Ashura. On Tuesday millions of Muslim pilgrims descended on the Mina Valley in Saudi Arabia to throw pebbles at a religious monument called the Jamarat Pillars. The act symbolizes the Prophet Abraham's resistance to the devil when the devil tried to talk him out of killing his only son Ishmael as a demonstration of his obedience to Allah. There is a legend about the stoning of the Devil. It says that Satan gave up and went back to Hell after Abraham threw rocks at him.
Stoning of the devil in remembrance
Abraham's wife Hagar tried to stop him from killing Ishmael. Ishmael probably felt the same. He didn’t want to be sacrificed. There are three Jamarat Pillars that represent the devil within the Eid al-Adha ritual. The largest pillar represents the devil trying to tempt Abraham into disobeying Allah. Hagar trying to stop him from killing their son because of the devil’s temptation is what the second represents. Ishmael wanting his life rather than submitting to Allah due to the devil’s temptation is what the third represents.
Lethal Muslim holiday season
Fatal occurrences have been started due to Muslim holidays within the past. To get to the Jamarat Pillars, an immense crowd of Muslim pilgrims, which gets larger every year, must cross the Jamarat Bridge. The stoning of the devil ritual has become almost impossible to control, and on several occasions hundreds of Muslim pilgrims have been suffocated or crushed. Saudi authorities decided they needed to help stop the problem. This is why the Jamarat Bridge was expanded into five levels. To improve crowd management, the Jamarat Pillars were swapped out with large walls to hustle the devil-stoners by means of at higher volumes.
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Wikipedia
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ThirdAge
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