I do not think there are secrets in our Islamic religion because it is a religion based on clarity

Sacrificing animals is sacrament i traditional beliefs.

This short article about the 'Sacrament of Otherness' may be helpful, in respect to your question. We can regard religious otherness as a sacrament, which points to practice ethical behavior; in this light, rituals and cermonies are more about anthropological traditions than a link to the divine, and grace is a visible sign of the invisible spirit of the eternal upper force.

Ancestral veneration and pacification among African Traditional Religionists usually through the performance of libations is a sure means of earning the favour of the ancestors who are said to be 'the living dead.

Pouring of libation

The following are the sacraments (samskaras) in Hindu religion.

The wedding rituals, Vivaha.

Intent to have a child ritual, Garbhadhana.

Quickening the fetus rite, Pumsavana.

Parting hair and baby shower, Simantonnayana.

Childbirth ceremony, Jatakarman.

Naming the baby ritual, Namakarana.

Baby's first outing, Nishkramana etc. etc.

Hindu Samskaras (Sacraments)

(http://hinduonline.co/HinduCulture/ListofSamskaras.html)

Yes, Vijay you are right.

Apart from Hindu religion I believe all religions may have this kind of activities with different names.

Cecilia, you were obviously paying WAY more attention in Catechism than I was! I could never have rattled them all off as fast as that! (Although Kirk did ask about "other than" Christianity. Which now makes me wonder if it's true what some other denominations say, about Catholicism? Heh.)

Islam is a very clear religion, and in many holy things it revolves around the value of human life and the value of the blessings that God has given to them

Every thing in Islam is very clear, and given in our holy book (Quran),

Sacraments is just a word. Every religion has rituals that invoke or praise this or that. The imporatant thing in this day and age is to become more universal about religions and see where the source lies for all religions in the scheme of creation and the duration of life. Then respect can be held for all religions that seek to uplift and help each to know their spiritual nature. Also the ignorances need to be addressed.

A 12th century visionary(Basavanna)says A religion which does not contain kindness towards all form of life, how can it be considered as a religion? Kindness is the basic requirement of any religion.

Sacraments in a Christian type of religion may be defined as formal "initiations" or "celebrations" into the teachings of that particular religion which serve as guidelines for living one's life according to the tenets of that religion. So, although the components of these "rituals" of initiation or celebration differ from one religion to another, the purpose remains the same.

C. Lewis Kausel said it well. Thank you. Few are those who are aware of this. Indeed, to this very day -- no different than in pre-Christian days -- practicing Jewish women and men ritually "baptize" in Living Waters regularly, whether prior to marrying, onset of menopause, end of menstrual cycle, following birth, prior to the beginning of the Sabbath or of Seasonal Festivals, conversion from other belief systems, coming of age, etc. etc. etc.

The most sacred of all ritual immersions, however, is birth itself, wherein the newly arrived emerges purified from out of the sacred waters of the womb. Water, after all, is the first element mentioned in the Bible (Genesis 1:2), and is specifically described as the connecting link between the so-called Above and the so-called Below, separated only by the illusion of the Veil, the Par'gawd in Aramaic, or Ra'kee'a in Hebrew (Genesis 1:6-7). In the words of the 18th-century Rabbi Shimshon Rafa'el Hirsch: "To this day, every newborn infant springs forth from the hand of God in the same state of purity as did Adam; every child comes into the world as pure as an angel" (commenting on Genesis 3:19 -- from Sefer Terumas Zvi).

In the Catholic tradition, Sacraments are as C. Lewis Kausel says, but the sacramental life is an everyday celebration of the way we are always in the presence of great Mystery.

According to my research it is possible to speak of sacramentum also in the Zazen idea of Dogen Zenji.

A sacrament is only a way to affirm that we belong to a particular religion. Hinduism prescribes 40 Samskaras or sacraments that cover the time before a baby is born, the entire life span of that person and even much beyond his/her death.

Pagan religions may not have used the word or formally described the concept of sacrament, but they did have rituals and practices that can be regarded as falling under the concept:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/sermonsfromthemound/2013/09/pagan-sacraments/

The sacrament comes from the word 'mysterion' (Greek), which is translated with the word 'mysterium' and 'sacramentum' (Latin). Sacramentum is used to describe the 'visible sign' of the 'invisible reality of salvation' called 'mysterium'. Meaning, the sacrament is a sign of God's salvation given to Humans.

*Therefore, if the sacrament is a sign of God's salvation given to Humans, In my view, there is no sacrament in other religions. It is because the sign given by God only for those who believe THEE.

* The activities in others that are similar to sacrament only ritual that have different terms with sacrament.

*the term sacrament exist only in Christianity.

@Markus DELI Girik Allo

RE: *the term sacrament exist only in Christianity.

The sacramentum was an oath of loyalty sworn by Roman soldiers that predates Christianity. Dionysius of Halicarnassus (60 BC - 7 BC; Roman historian) mentions it in connection with an incident in 460 BC involving the consul Quintius and his army.

As is mentioned earlier, among the Hindus, there are 40 sacraments which were practiced earlier but some of them have vanished at present. There are still 16 sacraments which are practiced. The sacraments guide life to achieve at higher level of Soul searching. It shapes the lives of the members of a particular ethnic group towards purity. The sacraments begin just after the conception till even after the death of a person.The practices at each ritual unifies the group for continuity and common growth. It is dynamic in the sense that some of the sacraments have vanished yet others are intact.