Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response
Technological advances in the field of medicine and health sciences not only manipulate the normal human body and sex but also provide for surgical and hormonal management of hermaphroditism (intersexuality). Consequently, sex assignment surgery has not only become a standard care for babies bor...
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| author | Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah Abdul Majid, Mahmood Zuhdi |
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| description | Technological advances in the field of medicine and
health sciences not only manipulate the normal human body
and sex but also provide for surgical and hormonal management
of hermaphroditism (intersexuality). Consequently, sex assignment
surgery has not only become a standard care for babies born with
genital abnormalities in the West but even in some Muslim states.
On the positive side, it goes a long way in saving children born with
abnormal genitalia from numerous legal interdictions of the pre-sex
corrective surgery. Nevertheless, the larger ethical and legal questions
that medical management of genital abnormality raises to some extent
have not been adequately appreciated by contemporary Muslim
responses. This article, therefore, in principle argues against surgical
management of intersexuality during early infancy from the Islamic
legal perspective. |
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| spelling | iium-457472017-11-28T09:45:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45747/ Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah Abdul Majid, Mahmood Zuhdi KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim Technological advances in the field of medicine and health sciences not only manipulate the normal human body and sex but also provide for surgical and hormonal management of hermaphroditism (intersexuality). Consequently, sex assignment surgery has not only become a standard care for babies born with genital abnormalities in the West but even in some Muslim states. On the positive side, it goes a long way in saving children born with abnormal genitalia from numerous legal interdictions of the pre-sex corrective surgery. Nevertheless, the larger ethical and legal questions that medical management of genital abnormality raises to some extent have not been adequately appreciated by contemporary Muslim responses. This article, therefore, in principle argues against surgical management of intersexuality during early infancy from the Islamic legal perspective. The Joint Publication Board of Zygon 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45747/1/our_art_zygon.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45747/4/45747_Medical%20management%20of%20infant%20intersex_SCOPUS.pdf Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah and Abdul Majid, Mahmood Zuhdi (2015) Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response. Journal of Religion & Science, 50 (4). pp. 809-829. ISSN 1467-9744 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zygo.12220/abstract;jsessionid=61951C2CA311D2E1BFC41459B0C48F71.f04t02?userIsAuthenticated=false&deniedAccessCustomisedMessage= 10.1111/zygo.12220 |
| spellingShingle | KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah Abdul Majid, Mahmood Zuhdi Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response |
| title | Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response |
| title_full | Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response |
| title_fullStr | Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response |
| title_short | Medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary Islamic legal response |
| title_sort | medical management of infant intersex: the juridico-ethical dilemma of contemporary islamic legal response |
| topic | KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim |
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