Goats Unhappy, New Fatwa Bans Artificial Insemination For Childless Muslims
A rude shock is in store for all childless Muslim couples who were planning to undergo artificial insemination.
Dar-ul-Uloom, a reputed Muslim seminary based in Deoband, UP, has issued a fatwa saying Islam cannot accept a woman conceiving through such an unnatural act.
The fatwa declares that medical techniques such as in vitro fertilisation and test tube babies are un-Islamic.
The edict raises deep socio-ethical questions for the community that is grappling with modernity and change.
Said the Dar-ul-Uloom’s Ulema, Mufti Imran, “A woman whose husband is not able to give children, she is not permitted to use any other means. It is forbidden and un-Islamic.
The fatwa also bans infertile women from allowing others to bear their babies.
Clerics say it is improper to masturbate in order to get a child through artificial means. Though a child born this way will be regarded as one’s own descendant, the method itself is undesirable and is haraam, or forbidden, if done through a doctor.
This is not the first time that the Dar-ul-Uloom of Deoband has issued such a controversial fatwa. The edict has evoked a mix response from the Muslim leaders.”
AIMPLB (All India Muslim Personal Law Board) member Khalid Rashid agrees with the ruling.
”You cannot make a child through any artificial manner. A child should be (created) in a natural manner,” he says. “If Allah has not given a child, He has not given the right (to get one) through artificial means.”
But the President of the AIMWPLB (All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board), Shaista Ambar, disagrees.
“If we have a lady doctor, then there should not be any problem,” she maintains.
Religious leaders also feel that the Shariyat or the Muslim law book does not give the right of adoption. A child adopted by a Muslim family can receive gifts from his or her parents but he or she cannot become their legal heir.
(IBN)
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Amazing. Evidently it doesn’t take much intellegence to become an Imam. If I were to try and imagine a system where an entire group of people are in thrall to the most bigoted and ignorant among them, I could not do better than Islam.
December 20th, 2007 at 4:45 pmCridhe Saorsa
Well, maybe the democrat party … Just sayin’
December 20th, 2007 at 7:04 pmWell, ladies, then the choice is obvious. Leave your goat-fucking psychotic religion, the sciopaths in the Mosque, and come to America. BTW, we don’t have that problem in Christianity. Hey, I’m just saying……
December 20th, 2007 at 7:16 pmA society can’t survive long in the modern world when the men treat their goats better than their slaves…er…women.
As a matter of curiosity, does anyone else note the irony of the Muslim Marriage Service banner ad on the right? Nothing like using 21st century technology to perpetuate 7th century barbarism.
December 20th, 2007 at 10:32 pmMan these people are so backwards. but there is good news. You can hump all the goats and camels you want. please Bush nuke every muslim!
December 21st, 2007 at 6:41 amLead insemination works, the more, the quicker, the better.
December 21st, 2007 at 9:49 am