A woman performs Eid al-Adha, or feast of sacrifice, prayers at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Iran. Eid al-Adha is the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims traditionally slaughter sheep and cattle in remembrance of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son.

First published in the November 28, 2009, 10:26 a.m. edition

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