Muslims Start Holiday with Chanting Islamic Community Celebrates Festival of Sacrifice Imam Calls for Standing Up Against Extremism

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By MARK JOHNSON

Friday was Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice, and Amir Khan joined several thousand local Muslims who gathered in a vast hall at the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park for a morning of prayer and celebration.

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Muslims Start Holiday with Chanting Islamic Community Celebrates Festival of Sacrifice Imam Calls for Standing Up Against Extremism

"This," he said, "is a day of real joy."

The day follows the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, and commemorates Allah's command to the prophet Abra...

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