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Aqiqah
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Aqiqah is a sacrifice offered to celebrate a newborn child. Tradition calls for two animals for a boy and one for a girl, with the meat distributed and shared. It is usually performed on the seventh day after birth, and differs from udhiyah, the Eid al-Adha sacrifice.
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