Washington Report On Middle East Affairs – October 2018

American Educational Trust

Washington Report on

Middle East Affairs

P.O. Box 53062

Washington, DC 20009

October 2018

Vol. XXXVII, No. 6

A Pakistani family takes a selfie after Eid al-Adha prayers at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on Aug. 22, 2018. Muslims

across the world celebrated the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the

Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia and commemorates Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show

obedience to God. ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images

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