31 October 2009, 19:00
In Dagestan, Koran phrases appear on baby's body
The phenomenon of the nine-month-old Ali Yakubov from the Dagestan village of Krasnooktiabrskoe, on whose body phrases from the Koran appear, are seriously discussed by local representatives of Muslim clergy and politicians. The house of the Yakubovs is visited by pilgrims who wish to see the wonderful child and touch him.
It was planned that today the family of Ali Yakubov will arrive to Moscow - they were to be solemnly received at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque; then, the boy was to be presented to the broad Muslim public. However, the visit was postponed.
The issue of the nine-month-old Ali's arrival to Moscow was decided with involvement of a broad audience of doctors and Muslim scientists, who observed the child till the moment of the flight, and finally decided that in the current child's condition the distant flight is undesirable. This was stated to the "Islam.Ru" Agency at the organizing committee of the boy's visit.
Meanwhile, experts do not exclude that phrases from the Koran could appear on the child's body after mechanical affection on the skin. Liudmila Luss, an employee of the Institute of Immunology, has supposed that the kid could have the so-called "dermographism" - local reaction, observed when pressing on the skin. Such disease is encountered in 5 percent of the population, as reported by the "Echo Moskvy" Radio.
