Holding up his right foot where a single Arabic letter remained from the latest episode, Yakubov’s 26-year-old mother, Madina, said she had no doubt the verses — which first appeared two weeks after birth — were connected to extremism.
“Allah is great and he sent me my miracle child to keep our people safe,” she said, adjusting her tight purple hijab which crowns a multi-colored kaftan.
Though divine “miracles” are common in Christianity — such as weeping icons and stigmata, bleeding wounds in the hands and feet similar to those of Christ — Islam rarely has them.
Outside her home, pilgrims prayed and gave thanks to Allah.
Supermarket attendant Madina Nikolayeva traveled from Ukraine to see the baby. Behind her, Akhmed Khadzhy had been waiting all day in line.
“Allah is watching over Dagestan,” said the pensioner from Khasavyurt near the Chechen border, where clashes with security forces had killed three militants the night before.
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