The relative but not complete isolation of the Lebanese mountains meant the mountains served as a refuge in the times of religious and political crises in the Levant. Muslim holidays that are celebrated include Eid al-Fitr the three-day feast at the end of the Ramadan month , Eid al-Adha The Feast of the Sacrifice which is celebrated during the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and also celebrates Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to God, the Birth of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , and Ashura the Shiite Day of Mourning. The region that is now Lebanon, as with the rest of Syria and much of Anatolia , became a major center of Christianity in the Roman Empire during the early spread of the faith. Lebanon contains two terrestrial ecoregions: Eastern Mediterranean conifer—sclerophyllous—broadleaf forests and Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests. His second marriage occurs after he met his new bride that morning.
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