Muslim pilgrims wait for the start of prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on October 22, 2012.

Muslim pilgrims leave the Grand mosque after the noon prayer in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 22, 2012.

A Muslim pilgrim gestures as lightning strikes in the background at the top of Mount Noor where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel, during the annual haj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, Oct. 21.

Muslim pilgrims pray at the top of Mount Noor, Oct. 21.

A Muslim pilgrim gestures at the top of Mount Noor, Oct. 21.

A woman holds her baby as Palestinians enjoy a day at a beach during Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, on August 21, 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel. According to Israel's coordinator for government activities in the territories, Israel has allowed the entry of over 1 million Palestinians from the occupied West Bank since the beginning of Ramadan due to improved security.

Israeli Arabs enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv during the third day of Eid al-Fitr on August 21, 2012.

Israeli Arab women in the sea off Tel Aviv on August 21, 2012.

Muslim devotees leave after Eid al-fitr prayer, Bhopal, India, Aug. 20.

Indian Muslim boy yawns as he joins his elders in attending the traditional prayers at the start of the Eid al-Fitr festival in Southern Indian city of Bangalore on Aug. 20.

Afghan refugee boys wear masks as they celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in a slum area on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Aug. 20.

An Afghan refugee boy poses with a plastic rifle as he and other children celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Aug. 20.

An Indian Muslim boy leans to rub noses with a girl as they are both dressed up for Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Aug. 20, 2012.

A Muslim woman is seen at the female prayer hall following prayers for Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, China, Aug. 19.

An Indian Muslim woman prays after breaking fast on the last day of the holy month of Ramadan before the Eid holiday, at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Aug. 19.

Men shower in a traditional Turkish bath to prepare for the Eid al-Fitr festival, in Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 18.

People shower in a traditional Turkish bath to prepare for the Eid al-Fitr festival, in Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 18.

An Indian Muslim woman offers prayers before breaking her Ramadan fast in New Delhi, India, Aug.18.

A Palestinian vendor displays shoes on a car in the middle of the market during preparations for the Eid al-Fitr feast, which marks the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan, in the city of Nablus, West Bank, Aug. 18. Traditionally Muslims buy new clothes and shoes for the Eid al-Fitr, which is the culmination of the month-long period of fasting during which practicing Muslims around the world abstain from food and water from dawn to dusk.

A Palestinian boy sells balloons in preparation for the Eid al-Fitr festival, on the last day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 18.

Indonesian Muslims cross a bridge as they unboard from a traditional boat to attend Eid al-Fitr prayers at Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 19.

Muslims gather for mass prayers to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 19.

A Muslim devotee sleeps as others pray at a mosque in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Aug. 18.

Bangladeshi Muslims offer prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan at the National Mosque of Bangladesh, Baitul Mukarram in Dhaka on Aug. 17, 2012 ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival.

A Muslim worshipper cries as he prays in front of the national mosque on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh Aug.17.

Pakistani Muslims offer Jummat-ul-Vida, last Friday prayers during the holy month of Ramadan at the grand Faisal Mosque in Islamabad on Aug. 17.

Israeli border police officers on duty stand by as female Palestinian worshippers cross from the Kalandia checkpoint outside Ramallah into Jerusalem to attend the last Friday prayer of Ramadan in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Aug. 17.

Northeastern India minority residents wait at a train station as they prepare to leave the city following rumors of communal violence against them, at a railway station in Bangalore on Aug. 16, 2012. Thousands of Indians from the northeast of the country have fled southern cities after rumors they would be attacked by Muslims in reprisal for recent ethnic violence, officials said.

Northeastern India minority residents of Bangalore wait on the platform of the city railway station to board trains bound to Guwahati on Aug. 16.

Northeastern India minority residents of Bangalore wait in a train bound for Guwahati on Aug. 16.

Muslim boy Sabir Ali, aged 8, looks across Kathmandu from a balcony during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan at the Jamia school in the Nepali capital on July 27, 2012.

Mohamad Udin Sekh, aged 12, a Jamia school pupil from Janakpur village in eastern Nepal.

Schoolboys read textbooks at the Jamia school.

Boys attend the afternoon prayer.

A schoolboy sleeps with an Islamic textbook covering his face.

A group of boys play in a courtyard of the Jamia school.

The boys pray before eating 'aftari' (or iftar), the evening meal with fruits, vegetables and sweets, which breaks their daily fast.

The boys prepare to go to bed.