(IN): Post-Mumbai siege, many to forego animal sacrifice on Eid

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Post-Mumbai siege, many to forego animal sacrifice on Eid

 

9 Dec 2008, 0506 hrs IST, Mohammed Wajihuddin, TN

 

MUMBAI: Nuzhat Ashraf had planned to buy new clothes and bangles, and

apply henna on her hands for Bakr-Eid (Eid-ul-Zuha) on Tuesday. But,

now, she has abandoned the elaborate plans and will just observe the

mandatory rituals.

 

" When the city is in grief, it looks odd to dress in new clothes and

jewellery even if it's a happy occasion, " says Nagpada-based Ashraf

who has just completed her graduation from Sophia College.

 

Nuzhat isn't alone in marking a modest Bakr-Eid, the most important

Muslim festival after Eid-ul-Fitr (at the end of the fasting month of

Ramzan), this year. In fact, many families have decided for a cut on

the number of goats they had planned to sacrifice.

 

Imran Mulla, a resident of Arman Building in Mazgaon says that a

couple of families in his society will forgo the sacrifice of animals,

as a mark of respect for the terror-affected families. Though no

family agreed to say it on record, Mulla claimed some members in his

locality have planned to celebrate Bakr-Eid without sacrificing a

goat.

 

However, some youngsters, apart from hanging out with friends might

visit one of the hospitals where the injured of the 26/11 massacre are

recuperating. " Personally, I haven't lost any relative or close friend

in the recent terror attacks, but a visit to one of the hospitals on

one of the three days is what many of my friends and I are planning, "

said Afaque Azad, 26, a sound engineer.

 

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