AlHijjah 12, 1433, Oct 28, 2012, SPA - Coupons for nearly one million sacrificial animals have been sold among pilgrims during the current Hajj season under the sacrificial meat utilization project, said Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ali, president of the Islamic Development Bank, which supervises the project. He said 416,357 pilgrims have so far bought the coupons distributed by the IDB to help them carry out various forms of sacrifices. “We have also helped pilgrims to sacrifice 443 cows and camels," the IDB chief said. “The new slaughtering houses in Moassim would enable the project to make use of the meat of all sacrificial animals, by distributing them among the poor in Makkah and charitable societies across the Kingdom. A substantial portion of it will be sent to the poor in 27 countries. The project intends to utilize meat of one million heads of sheep and 10,000 cows and camels during the current Hajj season, according to a report published today by the Jeddah-based Arab News.
