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These views toward abortion are still referenced and used by several modern Islamic theologians and scholars. [ 1 ] According to religious studies scholar Zahra Ayubi, historically, Muslim thought was more concerned with the topic of preservation of human life and safeguarding of the mother's life than with determining when life begins. [ 11 ]
Abortion is perceived as murder by many religious conservatives. [4] Anti-abortion advocates believe that legalized abortion is a threat to social, moral, and religious values. [4] Religious people who advocate abortion rights generally believe that life starts later in the pregnancy, for instance at quickening, after the first trimester. [5]
After ensoulment, all schools of Islam allow abortion to save the life of the mother, and in the case of an intrauterine death (miscarriage), but on little other grounds. However, there is a growing movement to allow abortion for malformed foetuses whose deaths are inevitable shortly after birth. [ 15 ]
Shaikh has published works on Muslim women and gendered violence, feminist approaches to the Qur'an and hadith, contraception and abortion in Islam, and gender and Islamic law. [2] Shaikh was a 2016-2017 fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg Zu Berlin on the project "Gender, Justice and Muslim Ethics."
3 There is no Muslim-majority country that completely bans abortion. 4 comments. 4 Hadith. 1 comment. 5 External links modified. 1 comment. 6 dubious? 3 comments. 7 ...
This article will discuss various views on birth control of the major world religions Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Baha'i. The question of whether contraception is a viable option for participants has a range of different beliefs and arguments, which depend on the religion's views on when life begins, and questions of a ...
The fundamental basis of Islamic bioethics is that, all rulings and actions must fall into accordance with Islamic law and Islamic ethics.By evaluating bioethical issues from and ethical and legal standpoint, jurists can issue decrees or fatwas regarding the permissibility of the pertaining subject.
Afghan legislation is based heavily on Islamic views on abortion. [8] Article 3 of Chapter 1 outlines that no law in Afghanistan should contradict Islam. [8] The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission was created to protect human rights and as a response to Shia Family Law, which violates human rights. [9]