Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions
Reproductive medical technology has revolutionised the natural order of human procreation. Accordingly, some have celebrated its advent as a new and liberating determinant of kinship at the global level and advocate it as a right to reproductive healthwhileothershavefrowneduponitasavehiclefor‘guiltl...
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| description | Reproductive medical technology has revolutionised the natural order of human procreation. Accordingly, some have celebrated its advent as a new and liberating determinant of kinship at the global level and advocate it as a right to reproductive healthwhileothershavefrowneduponitasavehiclefor‘guiltlessexchangeofsexual fluid’andcommodificationofhumangametes.JuristicresponsesintheIslamicfaith rangefromunthinkingadoptiontorestrictiveuse.Whileutilisingthistechnologyto enablemarriedcouplestohavechildrenthroughtheuseoftheirownsexualmaterial is welcome, the use of third party, surrogacy and reproductive cloning are not in keeping with the sacrosanct principles of kinship, procreation through licit sexual intercourseandsocialcohesivenessforbuildingacohesivefamilyasupheldbyIslam. To examine such larger issues emanating from these new ways of human procreation,beyondthequestionoflegality,isapointwhichlegalscholarsinIslam, when issuing religious decrees, have not anticipated sufficiently. The article, henceforth, proposes to be an attempt to that end through a qualitative critical content analysis of selected literature written on the subject.
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| spelling | iium-390652014-12-24T12:33:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/39065/ Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim Reproductive medical technology has revolutionised the natural order of human procreation. Accordingly, some have celebrated its advent as a new and liberating determinant of kinship at the global level and advocate it as a right to reproductive healthwhileothershavefrowneduponitasavehiclefor‘guiltlessexchangeofsexual fluid’andcommodificationofhumangametes.JuristicresponsesintheIslamicfaith rangefromunthinkingadoptiontorestrictiveuse.Whileutilisingthistechnologyto enablemarriedcouplestohavechildrenthroughtheuseoftheirownsexualmaterial is welcome, the use of third party, surrogacy and reproductive cloning are not in keeping with the sacrosanct principles of kinship, procreation through licit sexual intercourseandsocialcohesivenessforbuildingacohesivefamilyasupheldbyIslam. To examine such larger issues emanating from these new ways of human procreation,beyondthequestionoflegality,isapointwhichlegalscholarsinIslam, when issuing religious decrees, have not anticipated sufficiently. The article, henceforth, proposes to be an attempt to that end through a qualitative critical content analysis of selected literature written on the subject. Malayan Law Journal Sdn Bhd 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/39065/1/MLJ_article_2014.pdf Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2014) Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions. The Malayan Law Journal, 4. i-xi. ISSN 0025-1283 http://www.lexisnexis.com.my/en-my/products/malayan-law-journal.page |
| spellingShingle | KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions |
| title | Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions |
| title_full | Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions |
| title_fullStr | Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions |
| title_short | Reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of Muslim legalistic opinions |
| title_sort | reproductive technology: ethical dilemma of muslim legalistic opinions |
| topic | KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/39065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39065/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39065/1/MLJ_article_2014.pdf |