El islam surgió a principios del siglo VII, al este de la península arábiga, cuando Mahoma, el profeta, tuvo revelaciones del arcángel Gabriel y, consecuentemente, propuso el nacimiento de este modo de vida basado en el sometimiento a la voluntad de Alá. Las creencias alrededor de esta religión han cruzado fronteras, debido a la migración voluntaria o forzosa de su comunidad, hecho que ha marcado una influencia sociocultural de gran magnitud en sus creyentes respecto a la muerte y, por ende, a la donación humana de órganos y tejidos para trasplante. Por este motivo, su estudio constituye un tema de gran interés para los profesionales de la salud, dado que hay percepciones que influyen directamente en la concepción de sus fieles. Se tiene en cuenta el cuerpo como un ente sagrado, símbolo de la integración del alma, materia, ego e intelecto con una resurrección que podría comprometer su integridad en el proceso de donación. Sin embargo, las grandes instituciones en materia de bioética islámica respaldan que prima la obligación moral de solidaridad universal que conlleva hacerle el bien al prójimo, siempre y cuando no se infrinja un daño al ser propio.
<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Refractive errors can have important repercussions in the performance of an individual, especially in the pediatric community. <strong>Objective</strong>: To determine the prevalence of refractive errors within a sample of 112 children between the ages of 2 and 14 from the Colegio La Candelaria in the city of Bogotá. <strong>Methods</strong>: Cross-sectional study that evaluated through visual acuity, ocular motility, ophthalmoscopy, retinoscopy, and subjective exam, the visual capacity of the children in question. <strong>Results</strong>: We found a prevalence of refractive errors of 18.8% where 13.4% represented astigmatism, 3.6% hypermetropia and 1.8% myopia. <strong>Discussion</strong>: These results were compared with those exposed on a thesis performed in 1973 by which patients with similar conditions were tested. In this study, the refractive errors were of 30.48%, a difference that can be explained by variations in population characteristics. Lastly, it arises the need of screening in other communities.</p>
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