Ken Chitwood, a scholar of global Islam, explains the significance and differences between Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the two major Islamic festivals celebrated each year.
Ken Chitwood is a senior research fellow, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and journalist-fellow at the Dornsife Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.Eid al-Fitr, one of Islam's principal festivals, will be celebrated April 9, 2024, according to the Fiqh Council of North America. At the middle of June, Muslim s will celebrate Eid al-Adha.
In places like Jordan, with its Muslim majority population, the days before Eid al-Fitr can see a rush at local malls and special 'Ramadan markets' as people prepare to exchange gifts on Eid al-Fitr. In Turkey and in places that were once part of the Ottoman-Turkish empire such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, it is also known as the, 'Lesser Bayram' or 'festival' in Turkish. 4.
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