Longer holiday

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September 24, 2015 | 10:00am

END OF SACRIFICE. Moslems marked the prayer Edil Adha (Hariraya Hadji) which capped the End of Sacrifice yesterday during the performance of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.

UPSET. Some Moslems are upset about the holiday being declared today to mark the End of Sacrifice.

LONGER HOLIDAY. Perhaps the holiday was declared today, a Friday, so that people would have a longer holiday.

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DECLARED

EDIL ADHA

END

END OF SACRIFICE

HARIRAYA HADJI

HOLIDAY

LONGER

MOSLEMS

SACRIFICE

SOME MOSLEMS

STRONG

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