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To: Arthur Radley who wrote (10759)	7/21/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 62549

Only One Wife Per Man, Region Told Wednesday July 21 1:23 PM ET dailynews.yahoo.com MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's justice minister Wednesday dismissed as unconstitutional a decree by the leader of a small Muslim region to allow men to have up to four wives. The regional leader of the tiny Ingushetia region, Ruslan Aushev, signed the decree Monday, based on a traditional Islamic practice permitting men to have four wives. But Interfax news agency quoted Justice Minister Pavel Krasheninnikov Wednesday as saying the measure was unconstitutional and should be scrapped. Aushev, who has one wife, called for Russia's parliament to approve changes to Russian federal law to allow the move. ''The Ingush population has fallen sharply in recent years and polygamy could be a solution to this problem,'' Interfax quoted Aushev as saying Wednesday. In the Ingush capital Nazran, polygamy was decidedly popular among both men and women interviewed on the streets. ''If a man can support them, let him marry ten times,'' one woman said. An official at Nazran's marriage registration bureau said several men had already applied to register a second wife, but so far the requests were still being denied. Islam has been on the rise in Russia's Caucasus region in recent years after being discouraged during officially atheist Soviet times. In the breakaway region of Chechnya, at least one prominent local politician, Movladi Udugov, has two wives. Some men in Ingushetia already have more than one wife, but the arrangement, seen as a sign of wealth and prestige, is recognized only by local Islamic authorities, not by the state.