Over 800,000 cows, camels and sheep will be sacrificed during the three days of Tashreeq in one of the Haj rituals at the slaughterhouses in Al-Muaisim. Supervisors of the Islamic Development Bank's Project for Utilization of Sacrificial Meat, said all facilities have been provided to enable pilgrims to perform this ritual of sacrifice with ease and in comfort. Makkah municipality has allocated eight huge slaughterhouses in Al-Muaisim. They have been divided into two sections according to the type of sacrifice. General Supervisor of the slaughterhouses, Safi Abdullah, said that Makkah municipality has introduced four new slaughterhouses to serve pilgrims in this year's Haj. “There will be different slaughterhouses for camels, cows and sheep with a capacity of more than 200,000 heads in some slaughterhouses,” Safi said. Pilgrims, however, have two options. They can go to slaughterhouses to see the slaughter of their animals or buy special coupons from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which will do the ritual instead. Inside the slaughterhouses there are more than 2,000 supervisors, 18,000 butchers, 730 veterinarians and more than 5,000 cleaning workers. Some of the meat of sacrificial cattle will be distributed among pilgrims and needy people in Makkah. The remaining meat will be shipped and dispatched to be distributed among the needy and poor people of a number of Islamic countries especially Muslims minorities in Asia and Africa. Islamic Development Bank is managing the sacrifice project in cooperation with some charity organizations including the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY). Director General of public relations in WAMY, Abdul Aziz Al-Rouig, said that the meat would be given away to poor families in 42 Islamic countries, refugee camps and orphanages to help them celebrate Eid.
