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IslamicEthicalPerspectivesonHumanGenomeEditing
MohammedGhaly([email protected])
ProfessorofIslamandBiomedicalEthics
ResearchCenterforIslamicLegislation&Ethics(CILE)
CollegeofIslamicStudies(CIS)
HamadBinKhalifaUniversity(HBKU),Qatar
InterdisciplinaryDiscussions
BiomedicalScientists
ReligiousScholars
TheIslamicOrganizationforMedicalSciences(IOMS)
1984Kuwait.
TheIslamicFiqhAcademy(IFA)
1977Mecca
SaudiArabia.
TheInternationalIslamic
FiqhAcademy(IIFA)1981
JeddahSaudiArabia.
Institutionalization
HumanGenomeEditing
l DignityofGod’screatures
l Dignityofhumans:Safetyandefficacy,informedconsent
l (1)What?(SomaticVs.Germline)l SomaticCells:moreacceptable
l Analogywithorgans
l Limitedscope:individual
l GermlineCells:morecontroversial
l Humanintervention
l Impactonoffspring:Authorityoverone’sbody
l Disturbinglinesoflineage
Prof Dr Mohammed Ghaly. Public Conference: Getting the Ethics of Genome Editing Right: Engaging Multiple Perspectives. 16 April 2019
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HumanGenomeEditing
l (2)Why(telosofmedicine)l Treatment:morallypermissible/recommended
l Partofthedivineschemeofcreation
l Alternative?
l Enhancement:Controversial
l FixedPerfectORchangeableandimprovabe
l “We have created man in the best composition” (Q.95:04)
l “HeaddstocreationwhateverHewills”(Q.35:01)
l Editingbodyorsoul?
NoOne-Fits-AllApproach
Acceptable
Controversial
Problematic
SomaticCell/Treatment
GermlineCell/Treatment
GermlineCell/Enhancement
Prof Dr Mohammed Ghaly. Public Conference: Getting the Ethics of Genome Editing Right: Engaging Multiple Perspectives. 16 April 2019
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