The beginning of human life: Islamic bioethical perspectives

Zygon

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-213

  Ghaly, Mohammed ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Biotechnology; Ijtihad (study of Islamic principles to derive legal opinions from the law); Islam; Origin of life; Personhood; Qur'an, science; Stem cells; Theology and science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857480747     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2011.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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