Hammado, Nurussyariah --- "Genetic engineering and ethics in Muslim communities: case studies from Tunisia and Saudi Arabia" [2018] ELECD 674; in Hosen, Nadirsyah (ed), "Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 273

Book Title: Research Handbook on Islamic Law and Society

Editor(s): Hosen, Nadirsyah

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781781003053

Section: Chapter 11

Section Title: Genetic engineering and ethics in Muslim communities: case studies from Tunisia and Saudi Arabia

Author(s): Hammado, Nurussyariah

Number of pages: 16

Abstract/Description:

This chapter explores areas of Islamic law affecting the reproductive and health issues of Muslim women, such as adoption, medically assisted reproduction, abortion, child marriage and female genital mutilation. It compares the situation in two different countries: one with strongly religious sentiments (Saudi Arabia) and one where more liberalist views prevail (Tunisia). The chapter observes that Islam is not the source of all discriminatory treatment of women, but rather that it stems from the traditional cultural and social norms of a particular society. However, as religion informs and shapes cultures, such practices are the indirect consequences of a particular Islamic interpretation.