Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity

The birth of people with confused or ambiguous sex makeup as a biological fact since the annals of history has posed the challenge of accommodating them within the binary gender of sociocultural systems. In this process, the role of religion as a defining factor in social engineering has been par...

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Main Authors:	Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi, Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2014
Subjects:	BF Psychology BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BR Christianity
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spelling	iium-375362018-06-19T04:29:29Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37536/ Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah BF Psychology BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BR Christianity The birth of people with confused or ambiguous sex makeup as a biological fact since the annals of history has posed the challenge of accommodating them within the binary gender of sociocultural systems. In this process, the role of religion as a defining factor in social engineering has been paramount. Major religions, such as Islam and Christianity, have addressed this issue within the frame of their God-ordained laws by devising a set of moral and legal imperatives specific to the ‘‘third gender.’’ Modern developments in medicine and biology, however, have made sex reassignment possible for this category of people, today called transsexuals. The question is: How do Islam and Christianity respond to it. After presenting an analytical view of both Muslim scholars and Christian religious authorities on the legitimacy of sex reassignment for transsexuals, this paper attempts to explore if such a dilemma can be resolved. Springer 2014-04-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37536/1/Sex_Reassignment_Technology.pdf Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi and Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2014) Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity. Journal of Religion and Health, 53 (2). pp. 520-537. ISSN 0022-4197 (P), 1573-6751 (O) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10943-012-9656-z 10.1007/s10943-012-9656-z
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description	The birth of people with confused or ambiguous sex makeup as a biological fact since the annals of history has posed the challenge of accommodating them within the binary gender of sociocultural systems. In this process, the role of religion as a defining factor in social engineering has been paramount. Major religions, such as Islam and Christianity, have addressed this issue within the frame of their God-ordained laws by devising a set of moral and legal imperatives specific to the ‘‘third gender.’’ Modern developments in medicine and biology, however, have made sex reassignment possible for this category of people, today called transsexuals. The question is: How do Islam and Christianity respond to it. After presenting an analytical view of both Muslim scholars and Christian religious authorities on the legitimacy of sex reassignment for transsexuals, this paper attempts to explore if such a dilemma can be resolved.
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author	Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
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title	Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_short	Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_full	Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_fullStr	Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_full_unstemmed	Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_sort	sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in islam and christianity
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Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity

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