Thailand: Kreu Se Mosque, Pattani, southern Thailand. The Kru Se Mosque, 7 km (4 miles) east of Pattani, was built in the 1570s by Lim To Khieng, a visiting Chinese merchant who had married a local woman and converted to Islam. To show his devotion to his new faith, he started building a mosque. His sister, Lim Ko Niaw, sailed from China to protest about his conversion, and he swore that he would return to China as soon as the new mosque was finished. However, he ensured it never was, and his sister, on her deathbed, cursed the building and anyone who attempted to complete it.

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