Eid al-Kabir is among the most essential spiritual holidays within the Islamic calendar.
In Brussels as elsewhere on the globe, Muslims are celebrating this Sunday the Feast of the Sacrifice, additionally known as Eid al-Adha or Eid el-Kebir (the “large pageant”, in opposition to Eid al-Saghir, the “small pageant ” finish of Ramadan): thus, today of celebration permits believers to recollect the episode throughout which the prophet Abraham was commanded to sacrifice his son for God, earlier than the latter held him again and despatched him a ram to immolate.
Throughout this festive second, the Muslim group is invited “to reap the benefits of this era to extend acts of kindness, solidarity and sharing in direction of probably the most disadvantaged“, signifies the Muslim Council of Belgium (CMB).
What guidelines apply?
If this three-day pageant is characterised particularly by the sacrifice of sheep, the Muslim Govt recalled that no slaughter website is obtainable to people throughout the nation. As well as, the principles in pressure require beautiful in Wallonia and Flanders, however not within the Brussels Area. The Govt invitations Muslims to contact their butcher to seek out out about doable choices.
In a current communication, Brussels Surroundings additionally remembers that the animal welfare legislation of 1986 prohibits “the killing and slaughter of sheep, goats, pigs and farmed sport for personal family consumption by the proprietor or by an individual beneath the accountability and supervision of the proprietor outdoors a slaughterhouse or an authorized institution“, and that since 2022 “new guidelines apply for sure types of transport of dwell agricultural animals: you have to particularly have an animal welfare site visitors doc and respect sure necessities relating to the automobile or transport crates“.
■ Info collected by Meryem Laadissi et Loïc Bourlard
