Mus­lims across Trinidad and To­ba­go joined the glob­al Is­lam­ic com­mu­ni­ty yes­ter­day to cel­e­brate Eid ul-Ad­ha with prayers, char­i­ty and re­flec­tion on faith, grat­i­tude and obe­di­ence to God.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar called on cit­i­zens to em­brace self­less­ness, com­pas­sion and com­mu­ni­ty sol­i­dar­i­ty dur­ing one of Is­lam’s holi­est ob­ser­vances.

In an of­fi­cial state­ment, the Prime Min­is­ter ex­tend­ed greet­ings to the Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty, de­scrib­ing the fes­ti­val as a pe­ri­od of re­flec­tion, faith and re­new­al.She not­ed that Eid ul-Ad­ha is re­gard­ed as the greater of Is­lam’s two ma­jor fes­ti­vals and marks the cul­mi­na­tion of the an­nu­al Ha­jj pil­grim­age to Mec­ca.