[Jerez2]

Kruschev was NOT a Muslim. He was a Russian peasant, risen to power. I don't think the shoe had any real significance in the Muslim way. He was using it as a gavel, or a hammer. His exact words were:
"WE WILL BURY YOU!"
I remember it well.

[Calpernia]

Just to understand what you are saying, irregardless as to whether he was a russian peasant, why would that mean he couldn't be muslim?

I've been at podiums before, I've never used my shoe as a gavel.

And you are wrong about the significance of the shoe being used in Muslim culture. It is a very significant gesture.

Now, if you know he wasn't Muslim, fine, I actually don't know. But the reasons you posted doesn't show that.

Do you know what his religion was?

[JustPiper]

I would have never thought he was Muslim ;) I thought the Iraqi's used their shoes because that is all they had to use.