Patricia

Submitted by K (Ireland), Feb 23, 2007 at 11:40

Hi Patricia

Did this happen during a muslim festival?

I was there in January and the same happened to me in a nice way though. The religious festival is call Kurban Byram.

Here they celebrate the fact that Abraham was ready to sacrifice his son for his god. While he was about to do this a lamb was in the place of his son.

So on this day the muslim families come together and sacifice a lamb, goat or cow to show their love for abraham and mohamad. They sacrifice the animal in love, by smearing a little of the animals blood on your forehead this is to bring you luck.

Then some of the meat can be given to the poor. It sounds worse than it really is. I'm a christian, but found this to be a real eye opener and interesting.

If she is been treated like a slave that doesn't sound right. Try and get her to leave him and come home to you.

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