Ismail Berdiyev
Бердилени Исмаил-хаджи
Berdiyev in 2016
TitleMufti
Personal
Born (1954-02-27) 27 February 1954
Belye Body, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Aqsukent, Kazakhstan)
ReligionIslam
EraModern
DenominationSunni
Notable idea(s)female genital mutilation
Alma materMir-i Arab mаdrаsasi, Bukhara; Imam Ismail al-Bukhari Islamic Institute, Tashkent.

Ismail Aliyevich Berdiyev (Karachay-Balkar: Бердилени Алиини джашы Исмаил-хаджи, romanized: Berdileni Aliini jashy Ismail-khaji; Russian: Исмаил Алиевич Бердиев; born 27 February 1954) is a Russian Sunni mufti from Karachay-Cherkessia. He gained worldwide attention when he proclaimed that "all women" should be subjected to the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).[1]

Biography

Ismail Berdiyev was born on 27 February 1954 in the village of Belye Body in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Aqsukent in Kazakhstan),[2] where his parents were expelled from North Caucasus with other Karachay people, when they were accused of collaboration with the Nazis in 1943 by Soviet regime. He returned to Karachay-Cherkessia with his family in 1957.

Controversies

Female genital mutilation

Berdiyev, the mufti of Russia's North Caucasus region of Karachayevo-Cherkessia,[3] stated that FGM 'does not contradict the dogmas of Islam', and that this was a way to 'eliminate sexual depravity'.[1] He also claimed this was a way to reduce 'lechery' and 'sexuality', stating that "All women should be cut, so that there is no depravity on Earth..." The mufti made his comments following publication of a report by the Russian Justice Initiative (RJI), stating that FGM is widespread in some parts of Dagestan.[4] He was supported by Vsevolod Chaplin, a former spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roland Oliphant (18 August 2016). "Outrage in Russia after religious leaders back female genital mutilation". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Бердиев Исмаил Алиевич" [Berdiyev, Ismail Aliyevich]. IslamRF.ru (in Russian). 8 August 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "North Caucasus Mufti Endorses Female Genital Mutilation". Rferl.org. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Russian mufti: Carry out genital mutilation on ′all women′ | Europe | DW.COM | 18.08.2016". DW.COM. Retrieved 21 August 2016.


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