Peace Islands New Jersey Feast of Sacrifice Meat Distribution

Eid Mubarak

As the Peace Islands Institute, we celebrated Eid al Adha / Kurban Bayrami (Feast of Sacrifice)with mixed feelings of joy and anxiety due to Hurricane Sandy.

As usual, Bayram is celebrated with big fests throughout New Jersey. Feast of Sacrifice is the time when Muslims sacrifice an animal (Lamb,Goat or Cattle), in remembrance of our Forefather Abraham, to donate most of its meat to the needy. It is a festival with many social aspects: the pilgrimage, the sacrifice of an animal, remembering and helping the needy, and the reunion of visiting relatives, friends, and neighbors.

During the holy holiday of “Bayram” October 24th-27th. The Peace Islands Institute paid visits to local Food Pantries to donate fresh meat to celebrate this festival to help build and serve our communities.

The Peace Islands donated and distributed fresh meat to each of the following Food Pantries.

1) IFF East Orange Family Success Center

2) Interfaith Food Pantry, Morris Plains NJ; where we were accompanied by Sen Anthony R Bucco (District 25)

3) Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless, Elizabeth NJ; where we were accompanied by Asw Annette Quijano (District 20)  

4) Center for Food Action, Saddle Brook NJ; where we were accompanied by Sen. Loretta Weinberg and Asm. Gordon M. Johnson (District 37).

The Peace Islands Institute would like to thank all of the Individuals who helped make this distribution possible.  

The Peace Islands Institute (PII) aspires to bring together different view points and voices with the spirit of mutual respect and acceptance in order to develop original and alternative perspectives on vital issues that our society is facing, generate solutions to these issues, support successful practices, and as such promote education, friendship, and harmony, hence be an island of peace for all peoples in the society with different ethnical, cultural and religious backgrounds.

PII also hopes to advance diversity, pluralism and multiculturalism in the society and lead the way for a transcultural generation in the future.  

We are proud to continue serving our community using every single opportunity.