Islam and Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Sunni and Shia Perspectives

Book Overview

How and to what extent have Islamic legal scholars and Middle Eastern lawmakers, as well as Middle Eastern Muslim physicians and patients, grappled with the complex bioethical, legal, and social issues that are raised in the process of attempting to conceive life in the face of infertility? This path-breaking volume explores the influence of Islamic attitudes on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) and reveals the variations in both the Islamic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785330454
• ISBN13: 9781785330452
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"