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Islamic views and perspectives on organ donation and transplantation
ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION: ETHICAL, LEGAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS - TOWARDS A COMMON EUROPEAN POLICY
01 Jan 2008
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Abstract
Islam, like other major religions, approves the concept of organ donation as an act of benevolence and love for mankind. On December 5, 1979 the Grand Mufti of Egypt sanctioned donation of organs ,,when given freely in good faith for the sake of God's loving". On December 31, 1979 Kuwait issued a historic Fatwa (religious decree), allowing organs to be taken from a living donor, providing he is not harmed, and from a dead donor with or without family consent, since organs belong to God and not to the family".
In 1982 The Saudi Grand Fatwa also sanctioned organ donation from the living and the dead but with family consent.
At the third international conference of Islamic Jurists meeting in Amman, Jordan, the concept of 'brain death' was approved. At the fourth conference the same jurists meeting in Jeddah in 1988 approved all previous Fatwas and rejected any trafficking in human organs. At other Islamic Jurists meeting in 1989-1990, it was declared the tissues and organs can not be taken from aborted fetuses. It was also agreed that organs can be transplanted from animals (xeno-transplantation).
As a way to increase organ donation, some Islamic countries have accepted the concept of ,,rewarded gifting" for the living donor and for the family of the deceased. Also many Islamic countries are encouraging their citizens to carry a signed donor card so that their organs can be used after death.
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- Title
- Islamic views and perspectives on organ donation and transplantation
- Creators
- George M. Abouna
- Contributors
- W Weimar (Editor)M A Bos (Editor)J J Busschbach (Editor)
- Publication Details
- ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION: ETHICAL, LEGAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS - TOWARDS A COMMON EUROPEAN POLICY
- Publisher
- Pabst Science Publishers
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Identifiers
- 991019319083804721
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