we believe the doctors in Russia and the journalists in Russia, who have been examining the baby for months
I am skeptical of any such miracles, be it in relation to Islam or any other religion, especially if there is a perfectly reasonable medical explanation for it. You are obviously free to believe what you choose but be open to the idea that there might be an alternative explanation for the phenomena..
As for your claim that the boy has been examined by doctors for months, well, check the following article from Russia Today..
Signs of Allah appear on infants skin
A miracle or a simple hoax? Parents of a nine-month-old child claim their son has been marked by God, while doctors say the extracts from the Koran on his skin have nothing to do with divine intervention.
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Soon after Ali was born to an ordinary and not very religious family, strange writings began appearing on his skin. The Arabic characters turned out to be extracts from the Muslim Holy book, the Koran. At first, Alis parents concealed this fact, but when yet another writing reading Show these signs to people appeared, the news spread all around Alis native Dagestan, Russias Muslim republic.
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The childs mother, Madina Yakubova, says the writings appear every Monday and Friday, with Ali having a major fever on these days. [Ali] cant sleep at night when the signs appear. He tortures himself, says Madina.
The writings are always different new characters replace the old ones every time.
Local religious officials believe these are the signs of Almighty Allah. The head of the North Caucasus Muslims coordinating centre Ismail Berdyev insists the epistles are mainly addressed to unreligious people.
Let them see that these signs are not accidental. These are Gods signs. We, Muslims, realize it. Let skeptics and nonbelievers realize it as well, he insists.
Russias Mufti Council sees the message of the miracle otherwise.
interpret the signs as a call to Dagestan and all Russian Muslims. They should turn towards Allah, repent their sins, give up conflicts and fratricide, which have hit Dagestan and the whole of the Caucasus, a statement on their official website says.
Meanwhile, doctors think otherwise. They are almost sure the signs have been written by Alis parents.
Lyudmila Luss from Russias institute of immunology says the writings have been most likely made physically or chemically.
Substances like pepper or salt can produce such a reaction on the skin, she says. It can also be a result of urticarious dermographism, she added, which is a skin disorder seen in 45% of the population. The skin then becomes raised and inflamed when stroked or rubbed with a dull object.
So far, Alis family has refused to make any meticulous dermatologic examination.
In the meantime, Russian media report that Ali was initially diagnosed with coronary heart disease and cerebral spastic infantile paralysis, but when his abnormalities began he miraculously recovered.
Alis native village has already become a top destination for over 2000 Muslim pilgrims from all over Dagestan and neighboring republics. People have shot videos and taken photos of Ali. They have taken all his clothes, Madina Yakubova says. In return they present him with new ones.
Its hard to predict the future of this child, one of the many pilgrims told RT.
He needs to be guarded though, because enemies of Islam may kill him. This place may become sacred, and people should pilgrimage here, he added.
?Signs of Allah? appear on infant?s skin - RT Top Stories
People have already mentioned Utrcaria Dermatographia as a possibility. I would do a google image search of it if I were you and take a look at the results before jumping to conclusions..
A lot of my day to day work involves child protection and I have seen worse things done by parents to their children....Its much more common than you would expect, even in "western civilised" societies like the UK. I can see how the family, hailing from an impoverished part of Russia, would be tempted to do this to their child, especially as there is a clear financial incentive attached to it..