Sexually transmitted diseases and Islam
Dublin Core
Title
Sexually transmitted diseases and Islam
Author
Adam, Anvir
Publisher
Kuwait: Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences (IOMS) 1984
Publication Date
19841000
Abstract
This paper was presented to the third international conference on Islamic medicine held in Kuwait during the period 28 September-2 October 1984. The paper discussed the ethical aspects of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including AIDS. The main thesis of the paper is that the attitude of Islam with regard to modesty in relations with members of the opposite sex forms a preventive measure against the spread of STDs.
Primary Classification
9.5.6
Secondary Classification
9.5.6;1.2
Primary keywords
adultery --[pri];AIDS --[pri];homosexuals --[pri];Islamic ethics --[pri];sexuality --[pri];sexually transmitted diseases --[pri]
Secondary keywords
Koran;sunna
Subject
modesty
Journal Article
In: ʻAwaḍī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ʻAbd Allāh; Sayf, ʻAlī; Jundī, Aḥmad Rajāʼī, eds., al-Abḥāth wa-aʻmāl al-muʼtamar al-ʻālamī al-thālith ʻan al-ṭibb al-Islāmī: athar al-sulūk al-Islāmī ʻalā ṣiḥḥat al-fard wa-al-mujtamaʻ (Proceedings of the third international conference on Islamic medicine, no. III: Influence of Islamic behaviour on health of human being and the society). Kuwait: Islamic Medicine Organization & Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences, 1984: 209-223
Primary Document Type
bc
Call Number
ip
Series
Bulletin of Islamic medicine Vol. 3
Collection
Citation
“Sexually transmitted diseases and Islam,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed January 10, 2025, https://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/35421.