The Mel Word

My apologies for not updating. I almost always post updates from school and my school decided to block blogger.com. Now it is unblocked though. *shrugs*

Today is my last day of school before winter break. Tomorrow is Eid-ul-Adha so we get off. If you aren't familiar with Eid-ul-Adha, it is an Islamic holiday celebrating Ibrahim's (Abraham) willingness to sacrifice his son Ismael (Ishmael) to Allah.

There is a similar story in Christianity and Judaism, but they believe that it was Isaac who was almost sacrificed, not Ishmael.

The Bahá'í Faith says that the name of the son is unimportant. The important thing is that Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son to God.