The "three major festivals" in Islam, namely Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr, are the most solemn festivals for Muslims. In Xinjiang, Muslims call this festival "ji zi Festival" (Persian free translation). In the Islamic calendar 10 year 10 month/day. Previously, the whole of September was a fast, and the last day was a new moon. The second day of each month was called Eid al-Fitr, for Eid al-Fitr.
Eid al-Adha is also called "Eid al-Adha" in Xinjiang. 65438+February 10. This is the last day of your pilgrimage. The main content of the celebration is the slaughter of animals. Shengji, in the Islamic calendar March 12. This day is the birth day of Muhammad, and it is stipulated as a festival to commemorate him. It is said that the anniversary of Muhammad's death is also in March 12, so this day is also called "holy taboo".
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Islam is one of the world religions, and it is also called the three major religions in the world together with Buddhism and Christianity. In the past, China was called "big food law", "big food religion", "Arabia", "pure religion", "Hui Islam" and "Hui Islam". By the end of 2009, among the global population of 6.8 billion, the total number of Muslims was 65.438+57 billion, distributed in 204 countries and regions, accounting for 23% of the world.
Islamic belief mainly includes theory and practice. The theoretical part includes belief (imam), that is, belief in God, angels, classics, prophets, afterlife and fate (referred to as "six major beliefs"). The practical part includes the good deeds that Muslims must follow and five religious lessons (referred to as "the five pillars of Islam"). The so-called five pillars of Islam are "telling the truth", worship, fasting, zakat and pilgrimage, which are called "reading, ritual, fasting, class and pilgrimage" for short.
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Three major festivals of Islam-Baidu Encyclopedia