BERLIN, Germany: Eid-ul-Adha or feast of sacrifice - one of two major Islamic holidays - was celebrated across the world with due religious fervor and veneration.

The Eid on 10th day of the lunar month of Dhol-Hejjah, which concludes the hajj, commemorates the sacrifice that Prophet Abraham was prepared to make by offering his son to God.

Muslims honored the day by performing special prayers of the day and, after Salat al-'Eid, sacrificing an animal: a ram, goat, sheep, cow or camel, if they afford.

The meat is divided into three parts: one part is distributed among the poor and needy, one among relatives and friends and one is used by the family.

In Iraq, addressing Eid gatherings, speakers talked of the successful quest for justice of the orphans and widows of those who died under Saddam's regime and congratulated each other on Saddam execution.

"To the free people in the world; the people of the great Iraq, especially the families of those who were killed by Saddam (the widows and orphans, brothers and sisters) we congratulate you (because your quest for justice has been reached) with the execution of Saddam," they said.