Costumes
Muslims do not have a particular code of dress, although the Qur’an does state to dress modestly. Therefore, the women and men have a variety of style from traditional garments to modern Western dress. Many of the beautiful traditional garments are passed down through generations. Examples of Islamic dress are elaborate dresses and veils for brides when the time of marriage comes around in which they may also paint special patterns onto their hands and feet called henna. In some communities, women are instructed to wear veils or veil their faces. Veils may cover the lower part of the face, up to the eyes, or cover the whole face. As jewelry, some Muslims carry a carved ornament to protect them from evil forces, called an amulet. Amulets can have engraved verses of the Qur’an in them that are significant to their wearers.
Rituals
In the Islamic community, the rituals, or practices include prayer, fasting, the pilgrimage, charity, purification and animal sacrifice. “The term 'Animal Sacrifice' may sound weird, unusual or shocking to some people when they first hear or read it. But the reality is that the majority of people in the world do eat the meat of many different kinds of animals. Muslims believe that it is God whom has given us the right to kill these animals and eat them. Therefore, Muslims are required to mention God at the time the animal is killed. This reminds us that these animals were created by God and that God gave us the permission to benefit from them. This is why it is called a "sacrifice", and this is why it is considered a religious practice. Muslims are encouraged to perform animal sacrifice at special occasions in the Islamic calendar. In these special occasions, it is expected that part of the meat of the animal would be donated to the poor.” (questionsaboutislam.com, 2012).
Celebrations
Some festivals and celebrations are in association with key events of Islam history such as the Prophet’s birthday or the Night Journey. Others are connected to the Five Pillars of Islam like Ramadan and Id-al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. But there is one special celebration I’d like to explain; Eid-ul-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice. This is a great festival of Islam. It may also be known as Baqri-Eid, the Cow Festival, since most importantly the focal feature is the sacrifice of an animal which may be a cow, goat, sheep or another appropriate beast. This festival is “in commemoration of the ram sacrifice by Abraham in place of his son.” (answering-islam.org, 1986). Every single Muslim is obligated to offer a sacrifice on this day and eat! And a distribution of a generous share to a poor family should also be made on this occasion. Not doing these two actions would be unlawful.
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