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Why is Eid celebrated twice a year and how has coronavirus changed the festival?

  • Written by Ken Chitwood, Lecturer, Concordia College New York | Journalist-fellow, USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, Concordia College New York
imageWorshippers wearing protective face masks and gloves offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in Teheran.AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi

Editor’s note: At sundown on July 30, Muslims all over the world celebrated one of the principal festivals, Eid al-Adha. Earlier in May, Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr. Ken Chitwood, a scholar of global Islam, explains the two...

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