Around 500 people attended the annual Eid al-Adha banquet hosted by the Islamic Society of Boston University Sunday evening. Attendees were greeted by a Henna station, a picture backdrop of lights and balloons, and boxes shaped like the Kaaba, a pre-Islamic monument in Mecca, filled with Hershey’s Kisses on tables scattered through Metcalf Hall.

September has been a very eventful month for the major religions of the West. For Jews, September brought the holy days of Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. For Catholics, this month brought Pope Francis’...