NOIDA, India (AP) — Kneeling under a midday sun on mats laid over an unfinished pavement, Fakhruddin places his hands and head to the ground in prayer. Like many Muslims worldwide, Fakhruddin is currently observing Ramadan — a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. There are few visible things that a Muslim is supposed to follow, like sporting a beard, a skullcap. A bearded man with a skullcap is seen as a threat in India and therefore subjected to humiliation. To be honest I am running my business here in front of the mosque so that I could feel secure. Each day this week the Associated Press will focus on a Muslim devotee living in the minority in the Asia-Pacific region, illustrating what the fasting month of Ramadan means to the Muslim community in that country. Associated Press photographers and photo editors on Twitter: http://apne.ws/15Oo6jo