Human Cloning from the Viewpoint of Islamic Fiqh and Ethics

Abstract

"Muslim Scholars and Islamic official Institutions consider human cloning as opposing religious doctrine, and hence forbidden. Their Ideas are based upon some theological and juridical arguments, including: posing a challenge to the creative power of God, breaking the tradition of marriage, breaking the tradition of biodiversity, making changes in divine creatures, playing game with creatures and so on. They also refer to some verses of holy Quran, and take consequences against the permission of human cloning. The paper argues that the above mentioned reasons do not correspond to the traditional method of Islamic juridical reasoning (Al-Ijtehad), and offers some general solutions for formulating Islamic doctrines in the field of human cloning"