Ali Yakubov - Koran Appears on Boy's Skin

Thousands of Muslim pilgrims are flocking to the home of the 9-month-old boy Ali Yakubov in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan to see the verses from the Koran that seem to appear and fade on his body every few days. Religious leaders in Dagestan say the verse "Be thankful or grateful to God" appeared on Ali Yakubov's right leg in Arabic script earlier this week, according to Reuters. By the time foreign journalists had arrived, the verse had faded to a single letter.

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Wahabis have reportedly been threatening to burn down the house of Shamil and Madina Yakubov, the parents of the Russian baby boy Ali Yakubov with Quranic Verses on his body who is from the Dagestan village of Krasnooktyabrskoye.

"They found it only unnatural that Allah showed his signs through a Russian boy born with Arabic writings on legs and arms and rest of his body, in a family of a police officer! Wahabis consider us kafirun (the unbelievers - IF)," Magomed-Kadyr, the boy's grandfather said as quoted by Komsomolskaya Pravda daily on Monday.

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I found a new Ali Yakubov news update on a Turkish website. However, the website translator is not doing a great job at translating it into English, so I've left it up as it is, in Turkish.

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Bu bebek diger bebeklerden cok farkli. Cunku bacaklarinda Allah'in isimleri, Kur'andan ayetler beliriyor ve bu harfler surekli degisiyor.

Dagistan'da bir mucize yasando. Yakubov ailesinin ikinci erkek cocugu Ali'nin vucudunda Kur'an-i Kerim'den ayetler ve dini yazilar kendiliginden ortaya cikiyor. Aile dokuz aylik Ali'nin bu durumunu once kimseye anlatmadi. Ancak minik Ali'nin vucudunda "Insanlara gosterin" yazisi belirince aile, sir dolu olayi herkese duyurdu. Doktorlar ise olayi tibbi ac%u0131dan aciklayamiyor. Televizyonlarda reyting rekorlari kiran Ali, ulkede de tartisma konusu oldu.

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If any kind Turkish-speaking reader would like to share with everyone else what this is saying, it will be be much appreciated.

Update: December 9th, 2009. It seems as if this story has vanished off the face of the planet. I have searched all the major news sources and none have reported any new developments after November 1st.

Let us not resort to making assumptions as to why the family has gone silent all of a sudden, but rather pray for the little boy, Ali Yakubov, and hope he is in good health.

If anything does pop up regarding this, I'll be sure to post an update on this page.

Update: It is now January 12, 2010 and there are no new reports or news about this story. Let's hope the boy Ali Yakubov and his family are in good health.

Still no updates as of July 23, 2010.

Inscriptions of Prophet Muhammad regarded with the same reverence as the Quran appear and then disappear on the body of a nine-month-old child born in a small village of Krasno-Oktyabrskoye, the Republic of Dagestan, RIA Novosti news agency reports.

According to a representative of a local musk, the signs in Arab first appeared on the body of the new-born Ali Yakubov a few days after his birth.

The child's mother, Madina Yakubova, said that the boy was born with a hematoma on his chin, and when the bruise healed, the word 'Allah' written in Arab appeared.

"The inscriptions appear on Mondays and Fridays, the boy runs very high temperature and cries. The inscriptions gradually disappear after three days and then new ones appear," the mother said.

The parents did not tell anyone about this until they saw the inscription saying 'Show these signs to people.' The woman added that Ali was her second child, and this never happened to her daughter.

A representative of Dagestan Spiritual Governance for Muslims did not provide any comments. He said he was surprised like everyone else.

The imam of the village musk believes that these signs are "God's signs."

Medics do not believe in religious miracles, of course. Ludmila Luss, a local doctor, believes that the story with the inscriptions is masterminded by the boy's parents, Utro.ru website wrote.

"They might have treated his skin with irritants, such as pepper and salt, or medications, which trigger skin inflammation and leave red traces in the shape of Arabic characters," she said.

The parents may not have used any substances or medications, if the child suffers from urticarial dermographism, also known as skin writing, - a skin disorder that occurs with five percent of the nation's population. It is one of the most common types of urticaria, in which the skin becomes raised and inflamed when stroked or rubbed with a dull object. Therefore, if the child has such a disorder, writing anything on his skin is a piece of cake.

"Some people suffering from gastric pathologies have extremely sensitive skin. If you draw something on their skin with a little stick, for example, the drawing will later appear," Ludmila Luss said.

In the meantime, the clergy of the Northern Caucasus do not doubt that the boy is a divine phenomenon.

Pravada.Ru