the real meaning of sacrifice

Today the Festival of Sacrifice is being celebrated across the Muslim world. The greatly respected prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) understood the real meaning of sacrifice when seeing İsa (Jesus) coming towards him he said: “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Sadly the vast majority of those living in Muslim nations see the festival only as an opportunity to give to others poorer than themselves, which while commendable, completely misses the real meaning of sacrifice...