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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Confronting Soviet Leadership Wong hile I remained at the Moscow hospital for a long time, there was a bathroom next door that con- tained a toilet and a sink for performing wuzu [ablution for Prayer]. I just performed my wuzu and was walking back to my room when Allah Almighty put the idea in my heart that if the Soviet government were to summon me and ask about God Almighty, I should not respond to such a question through an interpreter. This is because the effect of direct communication is greater than whatever the interpreter says. At that time, I could speak basic Russian. So I began thinking about how to properly articulate my belief in one God in Russian. God so made it happen that just two days later a soldier came to my room and told me to come with him because there is a group of officers on the third or fourth floor who are sum- moning me. He took me to a very big hall. When I reached the