Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food

Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food

Genetically modified food (GMF) is part of our realities as consumers worldwide. The techniques and possibilities involved do require an Islamic legal (fiqh) study as to assess GMF with regard to its consumption, production and related research. The paper focuses on placing the study of GMF within a...

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Main Author: Bouzenita, Anke Sandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Institute of Islamic Thought 2010
Subjects:
KBP Islamic Law
TP248.13 Biotechnology
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/5507/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/5507/2/1_Islamic_Legal_perspectives_on_Genetically_Modified_food.pdf
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spelling iium-55072012-10-12T12:04:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5507/ Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food Bouzenita, Anke Sandra KBP Islamic Law TP248.13 Biotechnology Genetically modified food (GMF) is part of our realities as consumers worldwide. The techniques and possibilities involved do require an Islamic legal (fiqh) study as to assess GMF with regard to its consumption, production and related research. The paper focuses on placing the study of GMF within a holistic context, under consideration of the societal background and rationale it has been developed under. It investigates into the possibility of transferring fiqh devices such as istihalah (chemical transformation), istihlak (extreme dilution) and others to GMF combining genetic material from permissible and non-permissible sources. It raises a number of deliberations and concerns with regard to the usage of the ‘maqasidic’ scheme and discusses the permissibility of GMF under the aspects of changing creation or harnessing nature. The International Institute of Islamic Thought 2010-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5507/2/1_Islamic_Legal_perspectives_on_Genetically_Modified_food.pdf Bouzenita, Anke Sandra (2010) Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food. The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (AJISS), 27 (1). pp. 1-30. ISSN 0742-6763 http://www.amss.org/AJISS/AJISSMissionStatement.aspx
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TP248.13 Biotechnology
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TP248.13 Biotechnology
Bouzenita, Anke Sandra
Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food
description Genetically modified food (GMF) is part of our realities as consumers worldwide. The techniques and possibilities involved do require an Islamic legal (fiqh) study as to assess GMF with regard to its consumption, production and related research. The paper focuses on placing the study of GMF within a holistic context, under consideration of the societal background and rationale it has been developed under. It investigates into the possibility of transferring fiqh devices such as istihalah (chemical transformation), istihlak (extreme dilution) and others to GMF combining genetic material from permissible and non-permissible sources. It raises a number of deliberations and concerns with regard to the usage of the ‘maqasidic’ scheme and discusses the permissibility of GMF under the aspects of changing creation or harnessing nature.
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author Bouzenita, Anke Sandra
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title Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food
title_short Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food
title_full Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food
title_fullStr Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food
title_full_unstemmed Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food
title_sort islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food
publisher The International Institute of Islamic Thought
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/5507/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/5507/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/5507/2/1_Islamic_Legal_perspectives_on_Genetically_Modified_food.pdf
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