EID MUBARAK

Eid mubarak to you all, its eid-ul-adha today.the second biggest festival on the islamic calender after Ramadan. It commemorates the obedience of  prophet Abraham, when God asked him to sacrifice his son Ishmael, but at the last moment God replaced his son with the ram. Muslims are encouraged to do things for Allah's sake.it also encourages us to obey our Lord and Creator. My eid celebration today was very different with what i normally celebrate in my counry. After the Eid prayers, we all ate from a potluck provided by the islamic community in waterloo. Friends went aronud the room saying hi to the people they hadn't seen in a long while. i defiantely felt out of place.But the women's leader introduced me to a couple of muslim studenets from UNI. it was quite fun getting to  know them. But almost immediately we had to leave, because the man who was driving us had other things to do. Back i campus, i got some lunch and just went  to my room. it was sad when i compared the festivities here and back home. Back home is more fun. there is so much to do, maybe because am not used to  how its done here. but hack home,when we get back from Eid , we prepare meals that can feed about 50 people, because, friends visit each other and the custom is that you have to eat some food from your friend's house as a sign of friendship, in a situation that you are too full to eat, the food is sent directly to your house. i missed the part where i go to my friends houses to eat the food they prepared, i miss the part where we have meat to last a whole yr from donations from people in the community. i miss everything. But its not the end of the world. i have experienced an Eid celebration that is different from mine. The most important part of Eid is that ,Allah accepts our prayers and forgive our transgressions, Ameen. Eid Mubarak.