Germ-Inating Solutions or Gene-Rating Problems: An Islamic Perspective on Human Germline Gene Editing.
Autor: Lala, Ismail
Publication year: 2020
Journal of religion and health
issn:1573-6571 0022-4197
doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00770-5
Abstract:
Human germline gene editing (hGGE) poses many questions for the Muslim community. They range from the scientific: is there sufficient evidence that hGGE is better than existing technologies? To the ethical: is the lack of consent an insurmountable hurdle? What is the moral status of the embryo? What effect would hGGE have on societal inequalities? And, most crucially, can hGGE be interdicted on the basis of preventing its ineluctable use in eugenic programming? This paper confronts these issues from a religious perspective basing its judgements and reasoning on traditional sources of Islamic jurisprudence. It concludes that, except in very few instances that must be individual and case-specific, hGGE is not congruent with the tenets of Islam.
Language: eng
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Pmid: 30778792
Tags: Humans; *Islam; Morals; Islam; Bioethics; *Religion and Medicine; *Gene Editing/ethics; Germ Cells; Human germline gene editing
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30778792/
