by Rafaqat Rashid | Aug 20, 2019
Abstract: Muslim scholars apply fiqh (substantive law) from classical text to modern understandings of embryology, yet sometimes we may fail to grasp that the theories of early human development then, may have been quite different to what we know today. There can be a...
by Hawwa Iqbal, Amin Habib, Saad Amer | Aug 20, 2019
Background Abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy before viability i.e. ability of conceptus to survive outside the womb. The foetus is generally considered viable after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Although widely practiced worldwide, there has been much...
by Alexander Woodman, Mohammed Ali Albar, Hassan Chamsi-Pasha | Aug 16, 2019
Abstract Islamic medical ethics is the methodology of analysing and resolving the ethical issues that arise in healthcare practice or research based, on the Islamic moral and legislative sources (primarily Quran and Sunna), and aims at achieving the goals of Islamic...
by Dr. Abid Hussain | Apr 29, 2019
Abstract A major challenge faced by contemporary Muslim scholars is to be able to give religious rulings in their proper context to novel issues which have not been encountered by previous generations while maintaining continuity with the Islamic legal heritage, and...
by Dr. Rafaqat Rashid | Apr 29, 2019
Abstract There is a serious shortage of organs for transplantation in the UK. This is even more problematic for the UK Muslim community of South Asian ethnicity, as they are at greater need of organs than others, yet they are less likely to donate. It is shown that...
