INDIA. Kashmir. Srinagar. 1992. Lake Dal. "Shekara", flat boats. | License

SAUDI ARABIA. Mecca. 1992. Hajj pilgrimage. Pilgrims from all over the world pray on Mount Rahma in the plain of Arafat (where Muslims believe Adam met Eve). Pilgrims dressed in the Ihram (two pieces of unstitched white cloth), gather to show their respect for all forms of life. Water sprinklers refresh pilgrims and trees in the dense heat. | License

SAUDI ARABIA. Plain of Arafat. Hajj pilgrimage. 1991. A pilgrim reads the Koran on Mount Rahma, while his friend rests. | License

EGYPT. Cairo. Al Azhar mosque. 1987. A muslim prays. | License

IRAN. Qom. June 1980. Under a ventilator, mullahs attend a class in one of the koranic schools run by ayatollahs. | License

BANGLADESH. Chittagong. Students of a madrassa (Islamic school) study the Koran in the room which is also used as their dormitory. | License

INDONESIA. Jakarta. 1989. Students of the Al Azhar college attend Friday prayer in the auditorium, which is transformed into a mosque for the occasion. | License

EGYPT. Cairo. 1987. Veiled Muslim fundamentalist student looks into a microscope in the biology lab of her university. | License

MOROCCO. Marrakech. 1991. A woman and a car. Both wear the nigab, the veil which covers the body as well as the face. | License

MOROCCO. Jdida. 1991. A woman wears the traditional nigab made of a burnous and a face veil. | License

LEBANON. Tyre. 2006. Beach, Islamic style. A young woman in full hijab enjoys the sea among men in swim suits. | License

GB. ENGLAND. Yorkshire. Batley. 1989. At the Zakaria Muslim Girls High School, funded by the Muslim community, girls in hijab (islamic dress) play touch ball. | License

IRAN. Shahr Rey. 1997. Four seater motorbike. | License

INDONESIA. Surabaya. 2004. Muslim students wearing the jilbab (religious scarf). The jilbab is part of the uniform for Muslim students. | License

MALAYSIA. Village of Sunga Pencala. "Arqam" (Islamic fundamentalist sect) women attend a lecture. 1987. | License

MALAYSIA. Near Ipoh. 1987. School children of the al-Arqam Islamic fundamentalist sect. | License

TURKEY. Konya. 2005. Within the shrine of the revered Sufi poet and philosopher Jalal al-Din Rumi, also known as Mowlana, the letters "Ho", written in Arabic, refer to God. Sufis chant "Ho" like a mantra while they perform zikr, a mystic trance. | License

IRAQ. Al-Basrah. 2004. The Kalashnikov of a Shia militia of the al-Mahdi Army ( the Messiah) over the portrait of its leader Moqtada al-SADR . | License

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 1995. The body of a young Palestinian, slain by an Israeli private guard, is paraded around the Dome of the Rock before being buried. | License

IRAN. Khorramabad. On the day preceding Ashura, women in nigab, the black chador, their face covered and often bare footed, light candles in 40 stations. They re-enact the caravan which mourned the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, son of Ali, founder of the Shia sect. 2005. | License

IRAN. Tehran. Actress Shabnam MOGHADAMI is being made up for a play to be performed at the City Theatre. | License

EGYPT. Alexandria. 1987. A Muslim woman wearing the traditional dress passes by shadows on the wall. | License

CHINA. Xinjiang province. Kashgar. 1989. Uigur Muslims on streets lined with poplar trees. Kashgar was on the famed silk road. | License

USSR. Uzbekistan. Boukhara. 1987. Tea house by the pool. | License

CHINA. Xinjiang province. Kashgar. A Uygur is buried according to the Muslim tradition. Sourates from the Koran are read in the cemetery by mullahs and family members. 1989. | License

USSR. Uzbekistan. Khiva. Uzbek tourists visit the old city, which has been recently restored, after having been neglected for decades. 1987. | License

CHINA. Xinjiang province. Kashgar. A Uygur about to cook hand made noodles in boiling water. In the background, noodles being hand made. 1989. | License

SENEGAL. Diourbel. 1988. Boys read from wooden tablets, Koranic sourates written in Arabic. They know how to decipher Arabic, but do not understand it. Diourbel is an important centre for Islamic studies. | License

MALI. Village of Severi. 1988. A talibe (student) holds a tablet inscribed with surates from the Koran. The dead bird hanging on the line is used for witchcraft. Black Islam cohabits with animism and carries many pagan rites into its rituals. | License

IRAQ. Karbala. 2003. Penitents, wearing white tunics dribbling with blood, cut their heads with swords to celebrate Aarbayine. This ritual ends the month of Ashura when Imam HUSSEIN was killed in a war of succession at the dawn of Islam. | License

BANGLADESH. Mymesingh. Taking a shower in the courtyard of his modest home, 20-year-old Shahin had both his legs amputated after a series of bomb explosions, claimed by jihadists, targeted three cinemas on December 12, 2002. They considered the entertainment as illicit within Islam. | License

GB. ENGLAND. Tingsley. 1992. Obeying the sacred law. Halal meat, slaughtered in the orthodox muslim fashion, is not always easy to find for believers now living in Britain. Only two slaughter houses in Britain are exclusively halal, as this one in Tingsley. | License