Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice

Tissue engineering is related to the replacement, restoration, repair and/or regeneration of tissues and organs that are tailored to the needs of the individual patient. The potential applications of tissue engineering, both for clinical and non-clinical purposes are being unveiled with much hype an...

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Main Authors: Sha'ban, Munirah, Zainuddin, Zainul Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman, Rozlin, Mohamad, Mohd Yusof, Mohamad Sukri, Norhamiza, Md Nazir, Noorhidayah, Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa'zamuddin
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Published: 2014
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spelling iium-418072017-09-07T01:25:33Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41807/ Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice Sha'ban, Munirah Zainuddin, Zainul Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, Rozlin Mohamad, Mohd Yusof Mohamad Sukri, Norhamiza Md Nazir, Noorhidayah Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa'zamuddin R Medicine (General) Tissue engineering is related to the replacement, restoration, repair and/or regeneration of tissues and organs that are tailored to the needs of the individual patient. The potential applications of tissue engineering, both for clinical and non-clinical purposes are being unveiled with much hype and expectations among the scientists and the public at large. The demand for engineered tissues may increase considerably, but the progress has been slow due to scientific and technical challenges that closely linked to moral, religious, philosophical, political and economic aspects. There are on-going debates on certain aspects in tissue engineering that seem to indicate that scientists maybe “playing God”. This article briefly analyses and addresses tissue engineering principles and the discourse surrounding it. Subsequently, the author briefly reflects on the Islamic perspectives, both for and against tissue engineering, in the context of its principles and practices. The discussions are based on the concept of ijtihad that offers flexibility to examine and adopt new scientific developments and resolve issues in light of the Qurʼan and Sunnah. It serves to provide a platform on how best to achieve a consensus that adequately deals with the scientific reality and the Islamic moral and legal jurisprudence that surrounds the technology. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41807/8/41807.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41807/11/41807_Exploring%20the%20Islamic%20perspective_Scopus.pdf Sha'ban, Munirah and Zainuddin, Zainul Ibrahim and Abdul Rahman, Rozlin and Mohamad, Mohd Yusof and Mohamad Sukri, Norhamiza and Md Nazir, Noorhidayah and Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa'zamuddin (2014) Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice. In: 2nd World Conference on Islamic Thought & Civilization (WCIT2014 ), 18th-19th August 2014, Casuarina@Meru, Ipoh, Perak.
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Sha'ban, Munirah
Zainuddin, Zainul Ibrahim
Abdul Rahman, Rozlin
Mohamad, Mohd Yusof
Mohamad Sukri, Norhamiza
Md Nazir, Noorhidayah
Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa'zamuddin
Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice
description Tissue engineering is related to the replacement, restoration, repair and/or regeneration of tissues and organs that are tailored to the needs of the individual patient. The potential applications of tissue engineering, both for clinical and non-clinical purposes are being unveiled with much hype and expectations among the scientists and the public at large. The demand for engineered tissues may increase considerably, but the progress has been slow due to scientific and technical challenges that closely linked to moral, religious, philosophical, political and economic aspects. There are on-going debates on certain aspects in tissue engineering that seem to indicate that scientists maybe “playing God”. This article briefly analyses and addresses tissue engineering principles and the discourse surrounding it. Subsequently, the author briefly reflects on the Islamic perspectives, both for and against tissue engineering, in the context of its principles and practices. The discussions are based on the concept of ijtihad that offers flexibility to examine and adopt new scientific developments and resolve issues in light of the Qurʼan and Sunnah. It serves to provide a platform on how best to achieve a consensus that adequately deals with the scientific reality and the Islamic moral and legal jurisprudence that surrounds the technology.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sha'ban, Munirah
Zainuddin, Zainul Ibrahim
Abdul Rahman, Rozlin
Mohamad, Mohd Yusof
Mohamad Sukri, Norhamiza
Md Nazir, Noorhidayah
Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa'zamuddin
author_facet Sha'ban, Munirah
Zainuddin, Zainul Ibrahim
Abdul Rahman, Rozlin
Mohamad, Mohd Yusof
Mohamad Sukri, Norhamiza
Md Nazir, Noorhidayah
Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa'zamuddin
author_sort Sha'ban, Munirah
title Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice
title_short Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice
title_full Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice
title_fullStr Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the Islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice
title_sort exploring the islamic perspective on tissue engineering principles and practice
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/41807/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/41807/8/41807.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/41807/11/41807_Exploring%20the%20Islamic%20perspective_Scopus.pdf
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