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With COVID restrictions eased, Muslims flocked to mosques and parks across New Jersey on Tuesday to mark Eid al-Adha, a holy day that observes Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son at God’s command.
Unlike last year, some worshippers were maskless and embraced one another as they celebrated with prayer, festivals and family gatherings.
But while the crowds had returned, Eid al-Adha
was still not the same. For the second year, Muslim Americans were unable to join the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in which the faithful across the world travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to worship in the Ka bah, the most sacred site in Islam.
Eid al-Adha: NJ Muslims mark holiday, COVID prevents Hajj pilgrimage
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Eid al-Adha: NJ Muslims mark holiday, COVID prevents Hajj pilgrimage
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New Jersey, it’s time to tell the truth | Opinion
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 07, 2021
From left to right: David Z. Vaisberg, senior rabbi at Temple B nai Abraham, Livingston; The Right Reverend William H. Stokes of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey; Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, senior co-minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Montclair; Imam Wahy-ud Deen Shareef: Imam and Convenor, Council of Imams in NJ and Rev. Charles Boyer: Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Woodbury
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By William H. Stokes
W.E.B. Du Bois once wrote, “Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things. And shall we not best guide humanity by telling the truth about all this, so far as the truth is ascertainable?”