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2024-07-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Mufti of Dagestan abolishes fatwa department amid niqab ban
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The Department of Fatwas and Reconciliation of the Muftiate of Dagestan has been abolished. The Mufti justified his decision by saying that the department "does not respond in a timely manner to the challenges of the time."
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, on July 1, the Mufti of Dagestan announced a fatwa banning the niqab. On July 2, the head of the fatwa department of the Muftiate of Dagestan stated that there were no grounds for a general ban on the niqab, but a temporary ban could be introduced for security reasons. On July 3, the Muftiate of Dagestan announced a temporary ban on niqabs until a new theological opinion. The decision of the Dagestan Muslim Spiritual Directorate to ban the niqab is not mandatory, it will be followed only by those for whom the Muftiate is an authority, and this is far from all residents of the republic, religious scholars interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated.
Statements by representatives of the Islamic clergy on the issue of the fatwa on the niqab have sparked a debate about the presence of "radical" mosques in Dagestan and, on the contrary, those loyal to the muftiate. Disputes have also arisen about whether the ban is mandatory or advisory in nature. The "Caucasian Knot" reference " Fatwa on the ban on the niqab - a law or a recommendation " contains expert opinions on whether the ban of the Dagestan muftiate will be implemented.
Mufti of Dagestan Akhmad-Afandi Abdullaev held a meeting today with employees of the fatwa and reconciliation department. "It was decided to abolish the fatwa department due to the fact that the department does not respond to the challenges of the time in a timely manner," reads a message today on the muftiate's Telegram channel.
The mufti also said that further changes in the structure of the muftiate will be made in the coming days, the statement said.
The Telegram channel of the Fatwa Department of the Muftiate of Dagestan has not commented on the abolition of the department by 9:15 p.m. Moscow time. The last message is dated July 6 - it is a repost from the Muftiate's Telegram channel "Dua, recited on the last day of the year." Earlier that day, the Fatwa Department posted a link to a fatwa issued in 2021 on the question of whether Muslims can congratulate each other on the arrival of the new year according to the lunar calendar. The response states that congratulating on holidays is a "desirable action."
In the "Documents of Organizations" section of the "Caucasian Knot" an " Explanation from the Fatwa Department of the Muftiate of Dagestan regarding the ban on niqabs " was published.
Let us recall that on July 3, the Coordination Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus stated that wearing the niqab and burqa in modern conditions causes practical harm to Muslims and threatens discord in interreligious and interethnic relations. On July 4, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Karachay-Cherkessia introduced a temporary ban on wearing niqabs in the republic. On July 7, the Muftiate of Kabardino-Balkaria stated, citing the opinions of Islamic scholars, that wearing the niqab is a custom, and not an obligation for Muslim women. On July 8, the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of North Ossetia recommended abandoning the wearing of niqabs, while the deputy mufti of the republic emphasized that a complete ban on niqabs would contradict Russian laws.
Mufti of Dagestan Akhmad-Afandi Abdullayev announced a fatwa banning the niqab after the head of the region, Sergei Melikov, spoke out against wearing niqabs following attacks by militants in Derbent and Makhachkala. The Dagestan Muslim Spiritual Directorate, as a religious organization, can issue a fatwa banning the niqab, but this is only a recommendation, and violators of it face a maximum of censure, Islamic scholars have pointed out.
On June 23, militants attacked a synagogue and Orthodox churches in Derbent and Makhachkala. As a result, 22 people were killed and 46 were injured. Among the attackers were the sons and nephew of the head of the Sergokalinsky District. "Kavkazsky Uzel" prepared reports " The Main Thing About the Participants in the Attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent " and " Attacks on a Church, Synagogues, and Security Forces in Dagestan."
In addition to the head of Dagestan, the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, spoke in favor of banning niqabs. "We need to ban all of this urgently," he said. Bastrykin also stated that the attacks in Dagestan were carried out by "Islamists." Ramzan Kadyrov criticized Bastrykin for these words, calling for him to "be extremely careful" in his statements about religion.
Earlier, on May 28, State Duma Deputy Speaker Vladislav Davankov proposed to empower legislative and municipal assemblies to introduce a ban on wearing religious clothing in public places. State Duma deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Mikhail Matveyev and Sergei Obukhov also prepared a bill that proposes introducing fines for wearing clothing that conceals the face in public places.
The Kremlin is not discussing the issue of banning niqabs in the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District, the presidential press secretary said on July 4. The relevant committees of the State Duma are also not discussing this, and issues of religious clothing are within the competence of the clergy, the deputies pointed out.
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