Kurdistan president congratulates Muslims on Greater Bairam

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG), Massoud al-Barzani, on Sunday congratulated Muslims in Kurdistan, Iraq and the whole world on Eidul-Adha, or the Greater Bairam. “President of the Kurdistan region Massoud al-Barzani congratulates the people of Kurdistan, the families of the martyrs, the Peshmerga, all parties, Kurdistan’s pilgrims, and Muslims in Iraq and the whole world on the advent of Eidul-Adha,” according to a presidential statement received by IraqiNews.com. Eidul-Adha or the Festival of Sacrifice is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims and Druze worldwide in commemoration of the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God. SS (P) 1