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Calgary’s Ahmadi Muslim community is celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha with events across Calgary, including the traditional slaughter of livestock at Canada’s largest Mosque.

Meat from the slaughter at the Baitun Nur Mosque will be given to the city’s less fortunate, as well as friends and family of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community.

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Thousands of Muslims from across southern Alberta are expected to attend the event, which is open to all Calgarians and will begin at 10 p.m. on Tuesday.

A festival of feast and sacrifice, Eid is one of two annual Islamic celebrations and marks the annual pilgrimage for Muslims to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

“Eid is celebrated by more than a billion Muslims around the world and is a day full of prayers, family gatherings and special meals,” the community, also known as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, said in a news release.

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The Ahmadiyya Muslim community’s religious beliefs differ from other Muslim denominations.