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The role of Muslims on Eid al-Adha in reducing hunger and establishing sustainable development

Shawgei Salah Ahmed
Shwgy2000@gmail.com

The steady increase in the population of the Earth, during the coming decades, is a great concern for those concerned with its impact on the economic and nutritional situation of the Earth’s population, and perhaps the situation in Africa is the worst in terms of the continuous suffering in which the content lives to provide food for its children, and many famines have appeared in recent years. It claimed the lives of millions of people on the continent, all of which searched for solutions to provide food one of the most important priorities.

The worst famines that occurred in Africa were those that affected the African coast in 2010, especially in Niger and the West African region, where millions of people suffered from lack of rain and lack of food, and the lack of rain in the year 2009/2010 resulted in a shortage of agricultural products in countries such as Niger and Chad Burkina Faso and northern Nigeria. In July 2011, a severe drought hit the Horn of Africa; Killing thousands of people in Somalia and neighboring countries. There are other, more severe examples. In 1992, the worst drought in the twentieth century occurred in Somalia, and the number of those who died because of it is estimated at more than 300,000 people and in Sudan in 1994 in the Bahr al-Ghazal region in southwestern Sudan. Only in this region died more than 70,000 people from the famine, in addition to the emigration of another 72,000 people. World food program reports that more than 800 million people suffer from hunger and poverty in the world, including 180 million children, and that 250,000 people die every day from this dilemma. Malnutrition is caused by a lack of micronutrients or as is called hidden hunger.

In the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report published today, it is estimated that nearly 690 million people were suffering from hunger in 2019, an increase of 10 million compared to 2018, and about 60 million people over a five-year period. The rising costs and declining affordability also mean that billions of people are unable to eat healthy or nutritious foods. The largest number of hungry people is in Asia, while the fastest increase is in Africa. It is estimated in this report that the COVID-19 pandemic could push more than 130 million additional people worldwide into a cycle of chronic hunger by the end of 2020. (Acute hunger may be exacerbated in some cases under a pandemic).

Contributions of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha in solving the problem

According to the latest census of 2020, the number of Muslims reached about 1.9 billion Muslims in the whole world, and Muslims represent about 24.8% of the total population in the world, of whom about 1.5 billion people, and according to demographic studies, the largest number of Muslims are in Asia with about 32% of the population. The total numbers of Muslims in the whole world, and among the countries where a large number of Muslims live are Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China. About 15% of Muslims live in Africa, the Americas, and the Caucasus countries, China, the Philippines, and Russia. Western Europe has a large number of immigrant Muslims, representing about 6% of the total population, or about 24 million people.

In more detail, the state of Indonesia and occupies first place in the number of Muslims, which reached about 229,000,000 Muslims, and this represents about 87.2% of its total population of 263 million people. The State of Pakistan and comes in second place with the number of Muslims, about 200,400,000 Muslims, or about 96.5% of the total population. The state of India and the number of Muslims in India is about 195,000,000 Muslims or about 14.20% of the total population of India. The state of Bangladesh and the number of Muslims in it is about 153,700,000 Muslims or about 90.40% of the total population. The state of Nigeria and the number of Muslims in it is about 99,000,000 Muslims or about 49.60% of the total population. The Arab Republic of Egypt and the number of Muslims in it is about 87,500,000 Muslims or 92.35% of the total population. In the state of Iran, the number of Muslims has about 82,500,000 Muslims, which is about 99.40 of the total population. Turkey has 79,850,000 Muslims or 99.20% of the total population. The state of Algeria has 41,240,913 Muslims or about 99% of the total population. The State of Sudan and the number of Muslims in it is 39,585,777, or about 97% of the total population. According to https://mhtwyat.com.

A quarter of the world’s population participates with the world in precise practices at one time in all parts of the world. Muslims must make the poor and needy happy on all days in general, and holidays in particular, and bring peace to their hearts. Eid al-Fitr and his charity are given before the Eid prayer and Eid al-Adha, and sacrifices are sacrificed on it, and thus Muslims rejoice and make each other happy; The rich and the poor give alms, and the Muslim distributes sacrifices to his Muslim brother. These practices directly affect the number of hungry people around the world and also affect the levels of poverty that are lower by a high percentage.

For Muslims, the sacrifice is distributed and divided into three parts, one third for the owner of the sacrifice, one third for the poor, and one third presented by the owner of the sacrifice as a gift to relatives and neighbors, meaning that each family affects at least three families, which means reducing hunger rates by at least one third, and for more, those in charge of development can achieve the first goal, more studies and research should be carried out on the impact of these practices on sustainable development.

In the end, the Sustainable Development Goals aim to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030 and ensure that all people – especially children – have access to adequate and nutritious food all year round. This effort involves promoting sustainable agricultural practices, which include supporting small farmers and achieving equal access to land, technology, and markets. It also requires international cooperation to ensure investment in infrastructure and technology to improve agricultural productivity.

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