Chechen Leader's Son Becomes Youngest Russian to Memorize Quran

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov hit his Instagram account Thursday to brag that his youngest son, 6-year-old Adam, had memorized the entire Quran -the youngest person in Russia to do so.

"This was no easy task for him because he still can not read or write in Russian," wrote Kadyrov, who has ruled the predominantly Muslim republic in southern Russia for the past six years.

Kadyrov explained that a year ago his son had prayed to Allah in Mecca's holy Kaaba, the most sacred place in Islam, to give him the "great blessing of becoming a hafiz," a title bestowed on those who memorize the Quran in its entirety.

Kadyrov wrote that his son studied every day and on Thursday passed an examination to become "the youngest hafiz in all of Russia."

Source: The Moscow Times