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Friday, 22 February, 2002, 15:23 GMT

Picture Gallery: Feast of Sacrifice


Muslims are marking Eid al-Adha, the four-day Feast of the Sacrifice, which recalls God's saving of Abraham's son.

Pilgrims at Mina near the Holy city of Mecca

Worshippers at Amman

Bosnian in Sarajevo

Outside the Jama Masjid, or Grand Mosque, in Delhi

Indonesian women gather to pray

Muslims form the majority of the population in Nigeria's northern half

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