Village Miracle’s Glow Dims Under an Ex-Spy’s Glare - NYTimes.com:
KRASNOOKTYABRSK, Russia — A year ago, a family living in this village in the middle of a marsh in the south of Russia revealed what they called a miracle: On the skin of their newborn boy, entire verses from the Koran were appearing, lingering for a few days, and then vanishing.
When somebody, anybody, says: “I cannot even read or write ... I just pray five times a day,” that's just depressing. And, sadly, we can't take any claims they make about anything, except relating to the abject misery of their existence, seriously.
