Thai Muslims perform a special Ramadan prayer at a mosque in Pattani September 23, 2006. Muslims in Thailand begin the fasting month of Ramadan on Sunday, by fasting from dawn to sunset. They are also forbidden from smoking, having sexual relations, lying, breaking promises or cheating. It is to remind them of the plight of the poor and to cleanse themselves by exercising abstinence and self-control. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (THAILAND)

Young Thai Muslims sit with their grandfather outside a mosque in the village of Paramitae, 1100 km (684 miles) south of Bangkok, in the southern province of Yala September 24, 2006. Muslims in Thailand on Sunday began the fasting month of Ramadan, where they fast from dawn to sunset and are forbidden from smoking, having sexual relations, lying, breaking promises or cheating. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (THAILAND)