Ismail Berdiyev

Ismail Berdiyev
Title	Mufti
Personal
Born	1957 Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Russian
Era	Modern
Denomination	Sunni
Notable idea(s)	female genital mutilation
Alma mater	, Bukhara; Imam Ismail al-Bukhari Islamic Institute, Tashkent.

Ismail Berdiyev, is a senior Muslim cleric from Karachay-Cherkessia, in the North Caucasus region of Russia. He gained worldwide attention when he claimed that “all women” should be subjected to the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).^[1]

Biography[]

Ismail Berdiyev was born in 1954 in Kazakhstan, 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,^[2] stated that FGM 'does not contradict the dogmas of Islam',^{[citation needed]} 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 (RJI), stating that FGM is widespread in some parts of Dagestan.^[3] He was supported by Vsevolod Chaplin, a former spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church.^[1]

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