Morocco Urges Citizens to Skip Sheep Sacrifice for Eid al-Adha
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Alaina - . February 27, 2025
- . Update: February 27, 2025 6:44 pm
King Mohammed VI of Morocco requests his people not to buy sheep for sacrifice before Eid al-Adha in June. Minister of Islamic Affairs Ahmed Toufiq revealed this news on state television as he delivered the King’s message to Moroccan citizens recently.
The Moroccan king made this decision because the country lost 38% of its sheep and cattle population during the six-year drought starting in 2016. The season’s rain total remains 53% lower than the traditional periods resulting in poor grazing areas even as feed prices shoot up. кварти and the Moroccan Center for Citizenship document that a majority of Moroccans experience challenges purchasing the traditional sacrifice due to rising sheep prices.
Following a 29-year gap the king enacted this regulation because he cares about poorer Moroccans. According to the king: The routine livestock sacrifice will damage our citizens who face financial hardship. Although authorities provide price discounts and purchase Australian sheep to help with the shortage they still cost more than the Moroccan minimum monthly pay of 3,000 dirhams. The economic changes in Morocco during this period represent larger farm-to-industrial growth and ongoing food inflation which led to protests across different worker organizations.
