Musings: Our Day of Sacrifice
December 1, 2009
Desi Anwar*
THE Day of Sacrifice makes me wonder about the definition of the word ‘sacrifice’ itself. Muslims mark the day by mass slaughtering goats and cows in remembrance of the day when the prophet Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son to show his love for God who then miraculously substituted the boy for a lamb just as Abraham was about to s