Islamic bioethics is in good health, this article argues. During the twentieth century,
academic researchers had to deal with a number of difficulties including the scarcity of …

In the 1970s “bioethics” emerged as a new interdisciplinary discourse on medicine, health
care, and medical technologies, primarily in Western, developed countries. The main focus …

In Islamic law paternity is treated as a consequence of a licit sexual relationship. Since DNA
testing makes a clear distinction between legal and biological paternity possible, it …

During the 1990s, biomedical scientists and Muslim religious scholars collaborated to
construe Islamic responses for the ethical questions raised by the AIDS pandemic. This is …

In this article, I apply a policy‐oriented applied Islamic bioethics lens to two verdicts on the
permissibility of using vaccines with porcine components. I begin by reviewing the decrees …

Bioethics and health researchers often turn to Islamic jurisconsults (fuqahā') and their
verdicts (fatāwā) to understand how Islam and health intersect. Yet when using fatwā to …

There is burgeoning interest in the field of “Islamic” bioethics within public and professional
circles, and both healthcare practitioners and academic scholars deploy their respective …

Last year marked a decade since the publication of the book “Islamic Biomedical Ethics” by
religious studies professor Abdulaziz Sachedina in which he called for a critical and rigorous …

The present study undertakes to examine biomedical issues as they have emerged in the
last three decades. In the Muslim world, as in any part of the globe, advancements in …

Biomedical ethics is a burgeoning academic field with complex and far-reaching
consequences. Whereas in Western secular bioethics this subject falls within larger ethical …