Muslim Blog Muslim BlogANKARA – A leading Turkish humanitarian organization has announced plans to send a fifth of the country’s Udhiyah to needy families in Gaza and Syria, offering devastated families a hope of a better `Eid Al-Adha.
“Thousands of people are left homeless. There are orphans and women without husbands,” Yavuz Dede, Vice President of Turkey’s IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, told Anadolu Agency on Monday, September 29.
“They are in need of a helping hand. We want to be their hope.”
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Dede noted that 10,000 animals slaughtered during `Eid Al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, next week would be distributed to the two stricken regions.
The figure represents around a fifth of the animals that are to be sacrificed during the celebrations across Turkey.
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The donation, part of meat delivered to 70 countries, is aimed at helping Syrians who have suffered three years of civil war and Palestinians who lost their homes during Israel’s recent attacks.
Israel’s 51-day offensive, which ended on August 26, left more than 2,150 Gazans dead and 11,000 injured-many critically-while partially or completely destroying thousands of buildings across the Palestinian territory.
At least 125,835 have been killed since the start of the Syrian conflict, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced last week.
The UK based network, said that the toll included 44,381 civilians, 6,627 children and 4,454 women.
This year, `Eid al-Adha will be celebrated on October 4.
Udhiyah or animal sacrifice, a ritual that reminds of the great act of sacrifice Prophet Ibrahim and his son Isma`eel were willing to make for the sake of God.
A financially-able Muslim sacrifices a single sheep or goat or shares six others in sacrificing a camel or cow as an act of worship during the four-day `Eid Al-Adha.
The Udhiyah meat should be divided in three equal parts, one each for one’s own family, friends and the poor.
It is permissible that someone in another country could perform the sacrifice on one’s behalf.
