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Egyptians Celebrate Eid Al-Adha With Coronavirus Restrictions

Heather Murdock

   CAIRO/ISTANBUL - During this year's Eid al-Adha celebrations in Egypt,
   worshippers watched and listened to last year's prayers on TV and the
   radio.

   Public gatherings and in-person mosque services were banned. The
   government mandated that people who wished to slaughter livestock --
   the mainstay of the Islamic "sacrifice holiday" -- should bring their
   animals to specific, regulated butchers.

   Some people followed the new rules, others did not. Gardens, small
   butcher shops and sidewalk celebrations ran with the blood of sheep,
   goats and cows sacrificed in honor of the holiday.

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