Ban on Muslim men in Russia from marrying non-Muslim women

Decision of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia

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Moscow (Russia) – A religious ruling that bans Muslim men in Russia from marrying non-Muslim women sparked backlash from senior Muslim clerics across the country this week. Islamic law prohibits Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men while allowing Muslim men to marry ‘people of the book’, an Islamic term that refers to Jews and Christians.

The ruling by the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia (DUM)’s advisory council of scholars says that interfaith marriages between Muslim men and non-Muslim women are allowed ‘in isolated cases’ that only local muftis can approve.

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“Most interfaith marriages result in a number of problems,” the council of scholars known as the Ulema said in the ruling, pointing to possible disagreements over raising children and ‘absolutely different world views, cultures and education’.

“There are many interfaith marriages in Russia,” he said. “Practice shows that children don’t know what faith they belong to when growing up. In most cases, interfaith marriages are dissolved due to frequent misunderstandings between the spouses and their relatives”.

Islam is the second-largest religion behind Orthodox Christianity in secular Russia, and its estimated 20-million Muslim population is expected to more than double in the next 15 years.