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File Photo : Young Indian Muslims embrace following congregational Eid al-Adha morning prayers in a mosque in Agartala on November 7, 2011. Islam’s second biggest annual festival is celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to God, before God intervened to provide him with a sheep to sacrifice instead. As Ibrahim was allowed to sacrifice an animal instead, Muslim families mark the day by ritually sacrificing sheep, goats, cows and other livestock, the meat of which is also shared with the needy. PHOTO: EASTERN PROJECTIONS