Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Voice of America: Nigerian Eid Feast Bridges Divides

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Nigerian Eid Feast Bridges Divides
Oct 16th 2013, 14:32, by webdesk@voanews.com (Heather Murdock)

On Eid al-Adha, Muslims slaughter an animal for their supper but most of the meat is required by Islam to be distributed to relatives, friends and the poor.  In Kaduna, Nigeria, a city known for hostilities between Christians and Muslims, some clerics are celebrating the holiday and trying to bridge the divide by distributing the meat together to the disabled.  At one residence, about 200 Muslims are dining on a cow, slaughtered properly by a Muslim for Eid al-Adha -- the ...

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