{"id":66740,"date":"2025-02-28T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=66740"},"modified":"2025-02-28T13:07:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T08:07:35","slug":"moroccan-king-urges-citizens-to-not-sacrifice-animals-on-eid-al-adha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/moroccan-king-urges-citizens-to-not-sacrifice-animals-on-eid-al-adha\/","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan king urges citizens to not sacrifice animals on Eid al-Adha"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RABAT: King Mohammed VI on Thursday urged Moroccans “to refrain from performing the rite of sacrifice<\/a>” during Eid al-Adha this year because of a drought that has decimated livestock populations and driven up the price of meat.<\/p>\n

The country is in its seventh consecutive year of drought, which has led to a 38 percent fall in livestock numbers and a surge in the price of meat \u2013 adding to the burden on the poor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Millions of sheep, goats and other livestock are sacrificed across the Muslim world every year during Eid al-Adha, one of two key Islamic holidays, and due this year in June.<\/p>\n

But Morocco is enduring a seventh consecutive year of drought, which has led to a 38 percent fall in livestock numbers in 12 months.<\/p>\n

Rainfall has been 53 percent lower than the average of the last 30 years, according to the\u00a0agriculture\u00a0ministry.<\/p>\n

“Our country is facing climatic and economic challenges that have resulted in a substantial decline in livestock,”\u00a0King Mohammed VI\u00a0said in a speech read by the minister of religious affairs on national television Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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While acknowledging the importance of the Eid festival, the king called on his people “to refrain from performing the rite of sacrifice”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Eid Al-Adha commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice his son.<\/p>\n

Mohammed VI’s father, Hassan II, made a similar call in 1966 when the country also endured a prolonged drought.<\/p>\n

The fall in livestock numbers has caused a surge in the price of meat\u00a0\u2013 adding to the burden on the poor with a minimum wage of around 290 euros a month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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