{"id":132955,"date":"2026-05-27T09:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/132955\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:11:11","slug":"devotion-and-calm-highlight-eid-al-adha-across-iraq-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/132955\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotion and calm highlight Eid al-Adha across Iraq &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-05-27T08:37:18+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad\/ Babil<\/p>\n<p>Eid al-Adha drew large crowds across Iraq on Wednesday, as<br \/>\nresidents gathered at major shrines to mark the occasion in a calm atmosphere<br \/>\nshaped by devotion and tradition.<\/p>\n<p>In Baghdad, visitors arrived early at the shrine of Sheikh<br \/>\nAbdul Qadir al-Gilani, with attendance rising steadily from dawn. Eid takbeers<br \/>\nfilled the complex as people exchanged greetings after the ritual, while local<br \/>\narrangements helped regulate movement and facilitate entry and exit.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779870918125.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Afterward, many residents headed to the al-Sadriya district,<br \/>\nwhere shops selling kaak and clotted cream recorded strong demand. Families<br \/>\ngathered for the traditional Eid <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/society\/From-Baghdad-to-Hit-Eid-breakfasts-that-define-Iraq-s-cultural-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">breakfast<\/a>, a long-standing custom that<br \/>\ncontinues to shape holiday routines in the capital.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779870907561.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In southern Babil province, the shrine of Imam al-Qasim, the<br \/>\nson of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, attracted similar crowds, with attendees taking<br \/>\npart in the morning observance across the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/Kurdistan\/Eid-in-Iraqi-Kurdistan-A-time-for-tradition-and-reflection-on-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more: Eid in Iraqi Kurdistan: A time for tradition and reflection on economy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-05-27T08:37:18+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad\/ Babil Eid al-Adha drew large crowds across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[4563,1711,20231,44376,43483,94,35089],"class_list":["post-132955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-babil","tag-baghdad","tag-celebrations","tag-devotion-and-calm-highlight-eid-al-adha-across-iraq","tag-eid-al-adha","tag-iraq","tag-prayers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116645769639555630","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}