The World - News from July 25, 1988
Thousands of Muslims on the annual pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest shrines ritually slaughtered sheep on a plain in Saudi Arabia to commemorate Abraham’s offer to sacrifice his son to God. The ritual marked the end of the hajj, or pilgrimage, and the start of the four-day Eid al Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, which is observed by about 850 million Muslims worldwide. More than 1 million Muslims--including about 1,000 from the United States--came to Mecca for the observance.
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