Since we are democratic people, you've got to have Eids for all sects, and so, even though Eid al-Adha is four days long, Shia decided that their Eids always start one day after the Sunnis's, to the benefit of us lazybones.
Infectious disease epidemiologists and several leading public health administrators at the Centers for Disease Control in Taiwan (Taiwan-CDC) becoming aware of the importance of early detection of EID or bioterrorism, started developing an automatic alert system.
Muslims around the world started celebrating Eid al-Adha, known as the Feast of Sacrifice, on Thursday.
Badi said a sought-after "humanitarian pause" would last till the end of the three-day Eid, expected to start on July 17.
Otherwise, it was one of the quietest nights in Gaza since the Israeli offensive began three weeks ago, as Muslims started celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
A Prison Service spokesman said: "The Prison Service is committed to ensuring that the religious needs of all faiths are met and over the last few years a number of charities have started to give Eid packs to Muslim prisoners.
As the moon started waning toward Eid-ul-Fitr, the feast that caps the month, news of incredible physical feats came in from the Olympics.
"With Eid coming up, business has just started to pick up again as well.
Today I'm on my way to see the one aunt who has held out (though her husband cracked and started celebrating yesterday) for Eid.
Sitting in front of a tourism agency office, Abdulbakir Demir, 42, said that prospects were grim: "With Eid coming up, business had just started to pick up again as well," he said.
