Law and Ethics in Islamic Bioethics: Nonmaleficence in Islamic Paternity Regulations: with Mohammed Ghaly, “Islamic Bioethics in the Twenty-first Century”; Henk ten Have, “Global Bioethics: Transnational Experiences and Islamic Bioethics”; Amel Alghrani, “Womb Transplantation and the Interplay of Islam and the West”; Shoaib A. Rasheed and Aasim I. Padela, “The Interplay between Religious Leaders and Organ Donation among Muslims”; Aasim I. Padela, “Islamic Verdicts in Health Policy Discourse: Porcine-Based Vaccines as a Case Study”; Mohammed Ghaly, “Collective Religio-Scientific Discussions on Islam and HIV/AIDS: I. Biomedical Scientists”; Ayman Shabana, “Law and Ethics in Islamic Bioethics: Nonmaleficence in Islamic Paternity Regulations”; and Willem B. Drees, “Islam and Bioethics in the Context of ‘Religion and Science’.”

In Islamic law paternity is treated as a consequence of a licit sexual relationship. Since DNA testing makes a clear distinction between legal and biological paternity possible, it challenges the continued correlation between paternity and marriage. This article explores the foundations of paternity...

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Main Author: Shabana, Ayman (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2013
In: Zygon
Year: 2013, Volume: 48, Issue: 3, Pages: 709-731
Further subjects:B Islamic Ethics
B Islam
B Islamic bioethics
B Islamic Law
B bioethical principles
B Paternity
B DNA testing
B Nonmaleficence
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