People In Muslim Countries Busy Ahead Of Eid Al-Adha Festival

A Palestinian man trades sheep at a local cattle market ahead of Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Gaza City, on Oct. 21, 2012. Muslims around the world are busy preparing this year’s Eid Al-Adha, which will be celebrated by slaughtering sheep, camels and cattle, commemorating Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God’s command. <Xinhua/Wissam Nassar>

Homebound passengers gather at a railway station in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, on Oct. 21, 2012. Millions of Dhaka dwellers started leaving the city for hometown to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, which will be observed on Oct. 27 this year. <Xinhua/Shariful Islam>

Pakistani Muslims buy animals at one of the main animal markets for the forthcoming Eid Al-Adha festival in southwest Pakistan’s Quetta, on Oct. 21, 2012. <Xinhua/Mohammad>

Afghan men chat near sheep as they wait for customers at a livestock market for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Muslims in Afghanistan will celebrate next week, Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, by slaughtering sheep and cattle in remembrance of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son.

An Afghan boy sits next to his goat to sell them in a livestock market in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Adha festival in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. <AP Photo/Rahmat Gul>