Some people cannot afford Qurbani for the first time in decades. Others are carrying real anxiety about the cost. The question is worth asking plainly: how many South Africans are facing similar hardship this Eid — and who around us is quietly going without?

The difficulty is not ours alone.

• Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims — BBC News.
• For Senegalese fishermen, Eid al-Adha is now a source of anguish, not a joyful occasion — National Post.

Shared by the South African Muslim Network (SAMNET).