Muslim perspectives on stem cell research and cloning

Zygon

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 783-795

  Al hayani, Fatima Agha ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical ethics; Cloning; Fatwah (legal ruling of Muslim scholars); Hadith (saying of the Prophet Muhammad); Ijtihad (study of Islamic principles to derive legal opinions from the law); Islamic Law; Maslahah (consideration of public interest); Nutfah (zygote); Pursuit of knowledge; Qur'an; Stem cell research; Sunnah (supported statements and actions of the Prophet)

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849104451     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2008.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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