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السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

Today marks a very special event on the Hijri (Islamic) calendar, and it's also the very first time r/polandball is celebrating it! The 10th day of the month of Dhul-Hijjah, corresponding to the 20th of August on the Gregorian calendar, is Eid al-Adha, the Islamic celebration traditionally marked by the slaughter of an animal and by the religious pilgrimage of Hajj. Whether you are a Muslim or an infidel, feel free to gather around, read the Qur'an and praise Allah on this sacred holiday, just as long as you wear your burqa.

Eid is also known for being a time for Muslims to exchange gifts and money with family, friends, and relatives. Join the Muslim countries in their gift-giving and tradition-celebrating shenanigans by looking at the header. You'll find, going left-to-right:

• The sacred pilgrimage of Hajj being performed. The revolution of people around the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam, is known as tawaaf and is one of the most iconic aspects of the pilgrimage.

• Eid prayers being performed. Every kebab knows the struggle of trying to find a place to stand in a jam-packed, overflowing mosque on Eid day.

• Egypt and Sudan's little squabble over Bir Tawil leaching into the holiday. Instead of arguing over who owns it, they keep trying to gift it to one another with little success.

• Iraq chasing a goat-horned, oddly delicious Kuwait as a reference to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and subsequent Gulf War.

• Mecca has a strict Muslims-only policy, and sneaking in as a non-Muslim is a punishable offense, but that doesn't stop some people from doing it anyway.

• Iran and Saudi Arabia, both big producers of oil, have a well-known feud that spans beyond their different denominations of Islam.

• Syria, devastated by its bloody civil war, can't ask for much besides foreign aid.

• Brunei, rich from his oil money, should be giving out extravagant gifts to his less fortunate friends... but misers will be misers, and this absolute monarchist isn't willing to give much besides a drop or two of his oil.

• Singapore is much richer than his sole neighbor, and he likes to rub it in Malaysia's face sometimes. It's only the right thing to do.

• The famous animal slaughter, usually involving a goat or other similar animal, is performed by Muslims worldwide, and the meat is typically used to feed the poor and less fortunate.

• Muslim families typically enjoy a meal together on Eid night; one third of the meal is for one's family, the other third is for one's friends, and the final third goes toward the poor.

Eid is a day to relax, have fun, and celebrate as hard as you can. Pin up your burqa, grab your prayer mats, try not to bomb any cities, and listen to some Islamic recitation while you're here:

• the Takbirat, an Arabic chant that's recited almost nonstop from the evening of Eid until the prayers in the late morning

• the Talbiyah, recited by Hajj pilgrims repeatedly once they enter the Islamic state of purity and begin tawaaf around the Kaaba

This event could not have been possible without the ceaseless work of these valiant contributors:

• u/hexcodeblue
• u/putih_tulang
• u/themg26
• u/project_j109
• u/thesnipenieer
• u/aintthatadaisy
• u/sealthejohnathan
• u/bluesydinosaur
• u/pomik108
• u/floweryblue
• u/javacode

May Allah bless you!

To shout/praise Allah with Islamic pride on a beautiful calligraphic background, just add two hashes (##) at the front of your text like this:

##!الله أكبر! عيد سعيد

!الله أكبر! عيد سعيد