SANDAKAN: The ability to recite verses from the Quran flawlessly saved Watmo Wijaya, 30, from becoming a hostage of Filipino gunmen who kidnapped three of his colleagues.
It was frightening. In all my nervousness, I held out my hands in prayer and recited the Syahadat verses clearly and loudly. If not I would have been taken, said the first officer of tugboat Bonggaya 91.
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