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  • 10 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys studying the holy Qur'an (Koran) before Iftar at Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Iftar is a communal event at Haroon Mosque and hundreds of people usually attend the meal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBangkok009.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Students study the Koran at a private Muslim school in Pattani, Thailand. Many Muslim parents prefer to send their children to Muslim private schools because they are safer (public schools have been attacked by Muslim insurgents), the Muslim schools teach an Islam centric curriculum and teach what many in Pattani consider a more accurate version of Pattani history.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MuslimSchool020.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys studying the holy Qur'an (Koran) before Iftar at Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Iftar is a communal event at Haroon Mosque and hundreds of people usually attend the meal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBangkok008.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  A Rohingya boy recites the Koran in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia026.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia025.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia021.jpg
  • 26 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A Koran in Haroon Mosque in Bangkok, Thailand.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Students study the Koran at a private Muslim school in Pattani, Thailand. Many Muslim parents prefer to send their children to Muslim private schools because they are safer (public schools have been attacked by Muslim insurgents), the Muslim schools teach an Islam centric curriculum and teach what many in Pattani consider a more accurate version of Pattani history.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MuslimSchool026.jpg
  • 21 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy and man read the Koran in Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Haroon Mosque, originally known as Masjid Ton Samrong, is one of the first mosques in Bangkok and was originally built in the middle of the 19th century. It was established by Musa Bafadel, an Indonesian trader from Pantiyanah, south of Borneo in what is now Indonesia. The mosque is now named after Haroon, Musa Bafadel's son who inherited his father's trade empire. The mosque was originally built of wood, but the wood decayed in Bangkok's climate and is now built of bricks and mortar. The wood was salvaged and used in the construction of the mosque.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Mar 25, 2009 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A boy studies the Koran in the mosque in Ban Krua. The Ban Krua neighborhood of Bangkok is the oldest Muslim community in Bangkok. Ban Krua was originally settled by Cham Muslims from Cambodia and Vietnam who fought on the side of the Thai King Rama I. They were given a royal grant of land east of what was then the Thai capitol at the end of the 18th century in return for their military service. The Cham Muslims were originally weavers and what is known as "Thai Silk" was developed by the people in Ban Krua. Several families in the neighborhood still weave in their homes.     Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 10 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys studying the holy Qur'an (Koran) before Iftar at Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Iftar is a communal event at Haroon Mosque and hundreds of people usually attend the meal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBangkok005.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys studying the holy Qur'an (Koran) before Iftar at Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Iftar is a communal event at Haroon Mosque and hundreds of people usually attend the meal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBangkok004.jpg
  • 19 JUNE 2015 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND:   A man reads his Koran before Friday midday prayers in Pattani Central Mosque. Pattani Central Mosque is the main mosque in Pattani and was built in 1963. It is especially crowded during Ramadan, when the crowd frequently spills out into the street.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 JUNE 2015 - KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: An open Koran in front of the mihrab at Masjid Jamek. A mihrab is a semicircular niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla (the direction to Mecca). Built in 1909, Jamek Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Kuala Lumpur. It is located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak River and was designed by Arthur Benison Hubback. The mosque was a built in the style of Mughal (northern India) architecture.  Before the national mosque, Masjid Negara, was opened in 1965, Masjid Jamek served as Kuala Lumpur's main mosque.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia029.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  A Rohingya boy recites the Koran in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia027.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia023.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia022.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia020.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia019.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Students study the Koran at a private Muslim school in Pattani, Thailand. Many Muslim parents prefer to send their children to Muslim private schools because they are safer (public schools have been attacked by Muslim insurgents), the Muslim schools teach an Islam centric curriculum and teach what many in Pattani consider a more accurate version of Pattani history.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MuslimSchool024.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Students study the Koran at a private Muslim school in Pattani, Thailand. Many Muslim parents prefer to send their children to Muslim private schools because they are safer (public schools have been attacked by Muslim insurgents), the Muslim schools teach an Islam centric curriculum and teach what many in Pattani consider a more accurate version of Pattani history.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MuslimSchool023.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Students study the Koran at a private Muslim school in Pattani, Thailand. Many Muslim parents prefer to send their children to Muslim private schools because they are safer (public schools have been attacked by Muslim insurgents), the Muslim schools teach an Islam centric curriculum and teach what many in Pattani consider a more accurate version of Pattani history.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MuslimSchool021.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Students study the Koran at a private Muslim school in Pattani, Thailand. Many Muslim parents prefer to send their children to Muslim private schools because they are safer (public schools have been attacked by Muslim insurgents), the Muslim schools teach an Islam centric curriculum and teach what many in Pattani consider a more accurate version of Pattani history.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MuslimSchool019.jpg
  • 21 FEBRUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy reads the Koran in Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Haroon Mosque, originally known as Masjid Ton Samrong, is one of the first mosques in Bangkok and was originally built in the middle of the 19th century. It was established by Musa Bafadel, an Indonesian trader from Pantiyanah, south of Borneo in what is now Indonesia. The mosque is now named after Haroon, Musa Bafadel's son who inherited his father's trade empire. The mosque was originally built of wood, but the wood decayed in Bangkok's climate and is now built of bricks and mortar. The wood was salvaged and used in the construction of the mosque.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    HaroonMosque005.jpg
  • 22 DECEMBER 2012 - SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE:  A man reads the Koran in the main prayer hall at the Sultan Mosque in Singapore. The Sultan Mosque is the focal point of the historic Kampong Glam area of Singapore. Also known as Masjid Sultan, it was named for Sultan Hussein Shah. The mosque was originally built in the 1820s. The original structure was demolished in 1924 to make way for the current building, which was completed in 1928. The mosque holds great significance for the Muslim community, and is considered the national mosque of Singapore. It was designated a national monument in 1975.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 DECEMBER 2012 - SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE:  A man reads the Koran in the main prayer hall at the Sultan Mosque in Singapore. The Sultan Mosque is the focal point of the historic Kampong Glam area of Singapore. Also known as Masjid Sultan, it was named for Sultan Hussein Shah. The mosque was originally built in the 1820s. The original structure was demolished in 1924 to make way for the current building, which was completed in 1928. The mosque holds great significance for the Muslim community, and is considered the national mosque of Singapore. It was designated a national monument in 1975.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2012140.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys studying the holy Qur'an (Koran) before Iftar at Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Iftar is a communal event at Haroon Mosque and hundreds of people usually attend the meal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBangkok007.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Boys studying the holy Qur'an (Koran) before Iftar at Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Iftar is a communal event at Haroon Mosque and hundreds of people usually attend the meal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBangkok006.jpg
  • 19 JUNE 2015 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A teenager reads the Koran in Krue Se Mosque during Ramadan services at Krue Se Mosque. Krue Se Mosque was started in 1583 but never completely finished. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief. This annual observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Islam is the second largest religion in Thailand. Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala provinces, all on the Malaysian border, have a Muslim majority.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 JUNE 2015 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: A teenager reads the Koran in Krue Se Mosque during Ramadan services at Krue Se Mosque. Krue Se Mosque was started in 1583 but never completely finished. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting to commemorate the first revelation of the Quran to Muhammad according to Islamic belief. This annual observance is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Islam is the second largest religion in Thailand. Pattani, along with Narathiwat and Yala provinces, all on the Malaysian border, have a Muslim majority.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    KrueSeRamadan002.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  A Rohingya boy recites the Koran in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia028.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia024.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia018.jpg
  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) recite the Koran in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    RohingyaRefugeesKulaiMalaysia017.jpg
  • 22 DECEMBER 2012 - SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE:  A man reads the Koran in the main prayer hall at the Sultan Mosque in Singapore. The Sultan Mosque is the focal point of the historic Kampong Glam area of Singapore. Also known as Masjid Sultan, it was named for Sultan Hussein Shah. The mosque was originally built in the 1820s. The original structure was demolished in 1924 to make way for the current building, which was completed in 1928. The mosque holds great significance for the Muslim community, and is considered the national mosque of Singapore. It was designated a national monument in 1975.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    Singapore2012141.jpg
  • 10 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Students study the Koran at a private Muslim school in Pattani, Thailand. Many Muslim parents prefer to send their children to Muslim private schools because they are safer (public schools have been attacked by Muslim insurgents), the Muslim schools teach an Islam centric curriculum and teach what many in Pattani consider a more accurate version of Pattani history.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JULY 2013 - PATTANI, PATTANI, THAILAND: Students study the Koran at a private Muslim school in Pattani, Thailand. Many Muslim parents prefer to send their children to Muslim private schools because they are safer (public schools have been attacked by Muslim insurgents), the Muslim schools teach an Islam centric curriculum and teach what many in Pattani consider a more accurate version of Pattani history.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    MuslimSchool022.jpg
  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBanKrua022.jpg
  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBanKrua006.jpg
  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBanKrua005.jpg
  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
    IftarBanKrua002.jpg
  • 16 MARCH 2019 - BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, USA: Girls read their Korans at Dar al Farooq Center in Bloomington. An interdenominational crowd of about 1,000 people came to the center to protest white supremacy and religious intolerance and to support Muslims in New Zealand who were massacred by a white supremacist Friday. The Twin Cities has a large Muslim community following decades of Somali immigration to Minnesota. There are about 45,000 people of Somali descent in the Twin Cities.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 MARCH 2019 - BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, USA: Girls read their Korans at Dar al Farooq Center in Bloomington. An interdenominational crowd of about 1,000 people came to the center to protest white supremacy and religious intolerance and to support Muslims in New Zealand who were massacred by a white supremacist Friday. The Twin Cities has a large Muslim community following decades of Somali immigration to Minnesota. There are about 45,000 people of Somali descent in the Twin Cities.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Students in a Koranic studies class at Jami Ul Khoy Riyah Mosque in the Ban Krua section of Bangkok. Ban Krua is the oldest Muslim section of Bangkok. It was established during the reign of Rama I, the first King of the Chakri dynasty. He enlisted Cham Muslims in what is now Cambodia to fight on the Siamese (Thai) side of war between the Khmers and Siamese. He rewarded their service with a grant of land that is now Ban Krua.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  An Imam teaches Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JUNE 2015 - KULAI, JOHORE, MALAYSIA:  An Imam teaches Rohingya children in a madrasa (Muslim religious school) in Kulai, Malaysia. The Rohingya children are not allowed to attend Malaysian schools. Their madrasa is in a dilapidated building with holes in the roof and exposed wiring. The UN says the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in western Myanmar, are the most persecuted ethnic minority in the world. The government of Myanmar insists the Rohingya are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and has refused to grant them citizenship. Most of the Rohingya in Myanmar have been confined to Internal Displaced Persons camp in Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh. Thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar and settled in Malaysia. Most fled on small fishing trawlers. There are about 1,500 Rohingya in the town of Kulai, in the Malaysian state of Johore. Only about 500 of them have been granted official refugee status by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The rest live under the radar, relying on gifts from their community and taking menial jobs to make ends meet. They face harassment from Malaysian police who, the Rohingya say, extort bribes from them.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JULY 2015 - THONBURI, BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The "mihrab," a niche which indicates the direction of Mecca, in Bang Luang Masjid (Masjid is the Thai word for mosque.) Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River and built in the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), Bangluang Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangkok and is unique because it's designed in a traditional Thai style and decorated with Thai, European, and Chinese art. The Mosque carries Islamic symbolic features such as 30 pillars, 12 windows and 1 door which represent the numbers of chapters in the Koran and the 13 regulations of Islamic worshipping ritual.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JULY 2015 - THONBURI, BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The west side of Bang Luang Masjod (Masjid is the Thai word for mosque). Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River and built in the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), Bangluang Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangkok and is unique because it's designed in a traditional Thai style and decorated with Thai, European, and Chinese art. The Mosque carries Islamic symbolic features such as 30 pillars, 12 windows and 1 door which represent the numbers of chapters in the Koran and the 13 regulations of Islamic worshipping ritual.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JULY 2015 - THONBURI, BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man hangs curtains in Bang Luang Masjid (Masjid is the Thai word for mosque). Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River and built in the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), Bangluang Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangkok and is unique because it's designed in a traditional Thai style and decorated with Thai, European, and Chinese art. The Mosque carries Islamic symbolic features such as 30 pillars, 12 windows and 1 door which represent the numbers of chapters in the Koran and the 13 regulations of Islamic worshipping ritual.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 NOVEMBER 2014 - SITTWE, RAKHINE, MYANMAR: Rohingya Muslim men study the Koran in a hut in an IDP camp for Rohingya Muslims near Sittwe. After sectarian violence devastated Rohingya communities and left hundreds of Rohingya dead in 2012, the government of Myanmar forced more than 140,000 Rohingya Muslims who used to live in and around Sittwe, Myanmar, into squalid Internal Displaced Persons camps. The government says the Rohingya are not Burmese citizens, that they are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The Bangladesh government says the Rohingya are Burmese and the Rohingya insist that they have lived in Burma for generations. The camps are about 20 minutes from Sittwe but the Rohingya who live in the camps are not allowed to leave without government permission. They are not allowed to work outside the camps, they are not allowed to go to Sittwe to use the hospital, go to school or do business. The camps have no electricity. Water is delivered through community wells. There are small schools funded by NOGs in the camps and a few private clinics but medical care is costly and not reliable.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Sept. 25, 2009 -- PATTANI, THAILAND: A man holds his Koran before Friday prayers in the Central Mosque in Pattani, Thailand. The mosque's Imam said a special prayer on this day for the Thai King who is in a hospital in Bangkok. Pattani's Central Mosque is considered the most architecturally striking mosque in Thailand and was a leading tourist site until the current violence put an end to mass tourism in Pattani. Thailand's three southern most provinces; Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat are often called "restive" and a decades long Muslim insurgency has gained traction recently. Nearly 4,000 people have been killed since 2004. The three southern provinces are under emergency control and there are more than 60,000 Thai military, police and paramilitary militia forces trying to keep the peace battling insurgents who favor car bombs and assassination.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 15 JULY 2015 - THONBURI, BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man hangs curtains in Bang Luang Masjid (Masjid is the Thai word for mosque). Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River and built in the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), Bangluang Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangkok and is unique because it's designed in a traditional Thai style and decorated with Thai, European, and Chinese art. The Mosque carries Islamic symbolic features such as 30 pillars, 12 windows and 1 door which represent the numbers of chapters in the Koran and the 13 regulations of Islamic worshipping ritual.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JULY 2015 - THONBURI, BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man hangs curtains in Bang Luang Masjid (Masjid is the Thai word for mosque). Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River and built in the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), Bangluang Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangkok and is unique because it's designed in a traditional Thai style and decorated with Thai, European, and Chinese art. The Mosque carries Islamic symbolic features such as 30 pillars, 12 windows and 1 door which represent the numbers of chapters in the Koran and the 13 regulations of Islamic worshipping ritual.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JULY 2015 - THONBURI, BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man hangs curtains in Bang Luang Masjid (Masjid is the Thai word for mosque). Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River and built in the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), Bangluang Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangkok and is unique because it's designed in a traditional Thai style and decorated with Thai, European, and Chinese art. The Mosque carries Islamic symbolic features such as 30 pillars, 12 windows and 1 door which represent the numbers of chapters in the Koran and the 13 regulations of Islamic worshipping ritual.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 JULY 2015 - THONBURI, BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The "mihrab," a niche which indicates the direction of Mecca, in Bang Luang Masjid (Masjid is the Thai word for mosque.) Located on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River and built in the reign of King Rama I (1782-1809), Bangluang Mosque is one of the oldest mosques in Bangkok and is unique because it's designed in a traditional Thai style and decorated with Thai, European, and Chinese art. The Mosque carries Islamic symbolic features such as 30 pillars, 12 windows and 1 door which represent the numbers of chapters in the Koran and the 13 regulations of Islamic worshipping ritual.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 JULY 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A boy reads a pocket version of the holy Q'uran (Koran) before Iftar at Haroon Mosque in Bangkok. Iftar is the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset. Iftar is a communal event at Haroon Mosque and hundreds of people usually attend the meal.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Sept. 10 - GLENDALE, AZ: Qurans (also called Korans) available in the Glendale Civic Center before Eid ul-Fitr services. Muslims from the Phoenix area celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. Eid ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fitr means "conclusion of the fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the celebration of the conclusion of the month of fasting from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, is the first day of the month Shawwal that comes after Ramadan.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 10 - GLENDALE, AZ: Spanish language Qurans (also called Korans) available in the Glendale Civic Center before Eid ul-Fitr services. Muslims from the Phoenix area celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. Eid ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fitr means "conclusion of the fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the celebration of the conclusion of the month of fasting from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, is the first day of the month Shawwal that comes after Ramadan.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 10 - GLENDALE, AZ: Qurans (also called Korans) available in the Glendale Civic Center before Eid ul-Fitr services. Muslims from the Phoenix area celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. Eid ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fitr means "conclusion of the fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the celebration of the conclusion of the month of fasting from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, is the first day of the month Shawwal that comes after Ramadan.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 10 - GLENDALE, AZ: Spanish language Qurans (also called Korans) available in the Glendale Civic Center before Eid ul-Fitr services. Muslims from the Phoenix area celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. Eid ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fitr means "conclusion of the fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the celebration of the conclusion of the month of fasting from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, is the first day of the month Shawwal that comes after Ramadan.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 10 - GLENDALE, AZ: Qurans (also called Korans) available in the Glendale Civic Center before Eid ul-Fitr services. Muslims from the Phoenix area celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. Eid ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fitr means "conclusion of the fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the celebration of the conclusion of the month of fasting from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, is the first day of the month Shawwal that comes after Ramadan.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • Sept. 10 - GLENDALE, AZ: Qurans (also called Korans) available in the Glendale Civic Center before Eid ul-Fitr services. Muslims from the Phoenix area celebrated Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, at the Glendale Civic Center in Glendale, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. Eid ul-Fitr, often abbreviated to Eid, is the Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fitr means "conclusion of the fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the celebration of the conclusion of the month of fasting from dawn to sunset during the entire month of Ramadan. The first day of Eid, therefore, is the first day of the month Shawwal that comes after Ramadan.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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