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Giulia Iacolutti

An embalmed Siamese twin calf stands in a butcher shop in San Cristobal de las Casas. Halal meat is difficult to find in the countryside, so devout Muslims must do the slaughtering themselves.

Muslim men slaughtered two cows for a sacrificial feast in Chiapas. The meat is dividing into thirds: for the family, relatives, and the poor.

A young Muslim woman carries her daughter in rural Molinos de Arcos.

The Muslims of Mexico City and the Muslims of Chiapas visited the El Chiflón waterfall together.

This bright hijab—a gift from one of the foreign Muslims who've come to know the community—is Salama Palamo Diaz's favorite.

Baraka (second from left) is the mother of three daughters and the imam of the Al-Kausar Mosque in Chiapas. After converting to Islam she changed her name from Dominga.

Evangelicals named the streets on the outskirts of San Juan de Chamula, where they moved after being targeted for their religious beliefs. Today Muslims live in these neighborhoods.

Anastasio Gomez changed his name to Ibrahim Chechev when he first converted to Islam. Now, he's the imam of the Ahmadi Community in San Cristobal de las Casas.

Adherents of Ahmadiyya, an Islamic movement born in India, pray in Mexico. The denomination doesn't consider Mohammad the final prophet, and so are considered heretics by conservative Muslims.

A child prays in a mosque in the town of Las Nuevas Esperanzas.