Abstract:
Muslim Scholars and Islamic official Institutions consider human cloning as opposing religious doctrine, and 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 diversity in creatures or species, making changes in divine creatures, game with creatures and so on. They as well refer to some verses of holy Quran,and take consequences against the permission of human cloning . The author is going to say that the above mentioned arguments are not coincided with the traditional method of Islamic juridical reasoning (Al-Ijtehad). The author offers some general solutions for formulating Islamic doctrines in the field of human cloning.
Machine summary:
In its criticism of human cloning the Catholic Church mostly refers to theological and ethical arguments, the most important ones being the neglect of human dignity, the instrumentalization of mankind, and the weakening of the role of the family.
The "Mağma‘ al-Bohūs al- Islamyya" ("Conference of Islamic Discussions") of the Al- Azhar University has issued a Fatwa in defiance of human cloning, asking the governments of the world to prevent it in whatever form it might be practiced.
The most important theological arguments of Islamic scholars against human cloning center around the following points: 1) doubting creation; 2) the issue of miracles; 3) the theme of challenge with the Creator and interfering with his acts; 4) breaking the tradition of diversity ; 5) jeopardizing Muslim 1- The Journal of "Mağma‘al-Fiqh al-Islamī", p.
At first sight the answer seems to be positive, especially since a strong solid consensus exists on the case, brought about by a judicial council and on the basis of Fatwas issued by high-ranking Sunni scholars, a consensus that draws up such a long list of objections to human cloning that at times even the very idea of rationally criticizing it does not occur to one’s mind.
It is in this sense that the following proposals are suggested here: a) Establishing fundamental concepts and guiding principles The Islamic countries must be enabled to formulate their detailed positions on this kind of issues that face them with challenges, objections, and intellectual and theoretical gaps, while at the same time they are potentially rich in their argumentation due to ١- اصاله الاباحه (Principle of permission) the richness of their religious orientation.