Russias leading Islamic authority reversed its choice to permit marital relationship in between a male and numerous women after police authorities said the judgment broke the law.The Ulama Council of Russias Spiritual Administration of Muslims announced last week that it issued a fatwa, or Islamic legal ruling, that allowed males to wed multiple ladies in different circumstances.
These included situations where a spouse is unable to bear children due to age or health reasons, or if she does not wish to have children.However, on Monday, media reported that Russias Prosecutor Generals Office sent a letter to the head of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims requesting the fatwas revocation, citing its contradiction with Russian law, which prohibits polygamous marriages.The state appreciates internal policies of religious organizations as long as those policies do not run counter to the laws of the Russian Federation, Interfax quoted an unnamed source at the Prosecutor Generals Office as saying.Following the request, the Islamic authority withdrew the fatwa.This is Gods will, and the Ulama Council of Russias Spiritual Administration of Muslims sees no factor to start an argument over this, Imam Shamil Alyautdinov, the councils head, composed on Telegram late Monday.