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Islamic miniature depicting Muhammad (golden flame) and the Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha by performing Qurban
Qurbān (Arabic: قربان) or uḍḥiyah (Arabic: أضحية, romanized: sacrificial animal) as referred to in Islamic law, is a ritual animal sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid al-Adha.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “qurban” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.