Le clonage humain en droit musulman et arabe. = Human cloning in Muslim and Arab law

Le clonage humain en droit musulman et arabe. = Human cloning in Muslim and Arab law

Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh, Sami A

2009/03/00

French

20090300

Cloning is a modern medical procedure that Muslim religious authorities treat en resorting to the general principles established by classical Muslim law based on the Koran and the Sunnah of Muhhamad as the messenger of God. In this regard, human beings are not capable of deciding what is or what is not lawful without resorting to divine norms. Cloning clashes with several principles. Firstly, the principle of the respect for life in relation to surpernumeraries, but Muslim authors are not in unanimous agreement on the determination of the moment at which life begins. Secondly, is the respect of progeny: cloning could only take place between a married couple. But even if these two principles are respected, cloning poses two major problems: the diversity of species expounded by the Koran and the Sunnah and a lack of interest. Which explains the quasi-unanimous opposition of Muslim writings regarding cloning.

Abstracts in English and French; French pages 168-169

14.5

14.5;18.5.7;1.2

Journal International de Bioéthique = International Journal of Bioethics 2009 March-June; 20(1-2): 133-159

ja

journal

1145-0762