“Harvesting” and Use of Human (Embryonic) Stem Cells: An Islamic Evaluation

Abstract

This paper gives insight into the Islamic bioethical discussion on harvesting and using human embryonic (hESC) and adult stem cells. It describes some of the Islamic legal mechanisms involved in the bioethical discourse among Muslims. As the contemporary Islamic bioethical discourse is very diverse, the paper focuses on the critical discussion of related resolutions of the Saudi-based Islamic Fiqh Academy due to the esteem in which the IFA is held in the Islamic world and the pertinence of their rulings on this issue. This study discusses the different sources of human adult and embryonic stem cells and their use from an Islamic perspective, while questioning some directions the Islamic bioethical discourse has taken. The paper invites interested parties to deliberate the use of some of the legal means resorted to in the ongoing Islamic bioethical discourse.

Effectiveness of interactive teaching intervention on medical students’ knowledge and attitudes toward stem cells, their therapeutic uses, and potential research applications

“…Complex social, legal, ethical, and religious issues arise when emerging biotechnology involves human subjects ( Al-Aqeel, 2005 ), especially in conservative societies. However, Islamic teachings have paid attention to disease prevention and health promotion, and it is crucial to focus more on increasing our understanding of how SC applications could advance the health of human beings to facilitate the adoption of these technologies ( Bouzenita, 2017 ). Within this context, future SC-related interventions should focus on incorporating religious leaders from the medical community to present their points of view related to scientific facts from ethical, moral, and religious perspectives ( Aksoy, 2005 ; Al-Tabba, Dajani & Al-Hussaini, 2020 ; Fadel, 2012 ).…”

“…This raises the need for medical education to introduce basic SC knowledge and the concept of translational medicine into the life sciences field. At the same time, SC research and applications still raise complex social, legal, ethical, and religious issues ( Al-Aqeel, 2005 ; Curley & Sharples, 2006 ; Pourebrahim, Goldouzian & Ramezani, 2020 ), especially in conservative societies ( Bouzenita, 2017 ).…”

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“…Agama Islam memberikan spektrum pemahaman yang luas dan mendalam tentang cara hidup seseorang, dimana keyakinan seseorang terhadap agama mempengaruhi komitmennya pada perilaku konsumsi (Mittelstaedt, 2002). Pemasaran Islam mendefinisikan bahwa keyakinan terhadap Allah swt., menjadikan seseorang menyeimbangkan kebutuhan material dan spiritual pada berbagai situasi yang dihadapinya (Bouzenita & Boulanouar, 2016).…”

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“…Gray (2017) from Wellington, New Zealand, picks up this theme with regard to recent controversies about homeopathy and suggests that a binary approach is unhelpful for patients and argues for a more inclusive way of integrating this practice into healthcare, including a better understanding of placebo responses. Bouzenita (2017), writing from Oman, gives us a valuable Islamic account of stem cell harvesting, but also provides an accessible overview of Islamic bioethics. In Islam he explains, legal and ethical perspectives are closely overlapped into one religious approach to ethical evaluation of everything, including the subject of the article.…”