Genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an Islamic perspective

The fundamental aim of science and knowledge in Islam is the search for truth in the way of benefitting mankind. Genetically modified technology is one of the significant achievements of modern science, which promises to create an essential sustainable way to feed the world and to provide food secur...

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Main Author:	Akhmetova, Elmira
Other Authors:	Kamali, Mohammad Hashim
Format:	Book Chapter
Language:	English
Published:	Springer International Publishing 2016
Subjects:	BP173.77 Islam and work
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spelling	iium-506162017-01-24T02:10:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/50616/ Genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an Islamic perspective Akhmetova, Elmira BP173.77 Islam and work The fundamental aim of science and knowledge in Islam is the search for truth in the way of benefitting mankind. Genetically modified technology is one of the significant achievements of modern science, which promises to create an essential sustainable way to feed the world and to provide food security. Farmers today widely adopt GM crops, which have been modified with traits intended to provide benefit to farmers, consumers and industry. These traits include improved shelf-life, disease resistance, stress resistance, herbicide resistance, and pest resistance, production of useful goods such as biofuel or drugs, and ability to absorb toxins. Yet, a number of recent researches object GM foods on several grounds, including safety and health issues, and environmental, political and economic concerns. Another fact for concern is that GM seeds and potentially animals are subject to intellectual property rights owned by multinational corporations. This paper accordingly reviews the issue of GM foods from religious, social and ethical-based perspectives. After discussing the constructive and doubtful aspects of GM foods, the paper suggests that more independent studies should be done on the safety of GM production. Also, it recommends introducing a mandatory labelling for foods containing GM ingredients since the buyers have the rights to know the quality and characteristics of the commodities at sell. Springer International Publishing Kamali, Mohammad Hashim Batchelor, Daud Abdul-Fattah Bakar, Osman Hashim, Rugayah 2016-04 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/50616/1/50616_Genetically_Modified_Food_and_Humanity%27s_Well-being.pdf Akhmetova, Elmira (2016) Genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an Islamic perspective. In: Islamic perspectives on science and technology: selected conference papers. Springer International Publishing, Singapore, pp. 275-288. ISBN 978-981-287-777-2 http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-287-778-9_19 10.1007/978-981-287-778-9_19
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description	The fundamental aim of science and knowledge in Islam is the search for truth in the way of benefitting mankind. Genetically modified technology is one of the significant achievements of modern science, which promises to create an essential sustainable way to feed the world and to provide food security. Farmers today widely adopt GM crops, which have been modified with traits intended to provide benefit to farmers, consumers and industry. These traits include improved shelf-life, disease resistance, stress resistance, herbicide resistance, and pest resistance, production of useful goods such as biofuel or drugs, and ability to absorb toxins. Yet, a number of recent researches object GM foods on several grounds, including safety and health issues, and environmental, political and economic concerns. Another fact for concern is that GM seeds and potentially animals are subject to intellectual property rights owned by multinational corporations. This paper accordingly reviews the issue of GM foods from religious, social and ethical-based perspectives. After discussing the constructive and doubtful aspects of GM foods, the paper suggests that more independent studies should be done on the safety of GM production. Also, it recommends introducing a mandatory labelling for foods containing GM ingredients since the buyers have the rights to know the quality and characteristics of the commodities at sell.
author2	Kamali, Mohammad Hashim
author_facet	Kamali, Mohammad Hashim Akhmetova, Elmira
format	Book Chapter
author	Akhmetova, Elmira
author_sort	Akhmetova, Elmira
title	Genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an Islamic perspective
title_short	Genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an Islamic perspective
title_full	Genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an Islamic perspective
title_fullStr	Genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an Islamic perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an Islamic perspective
title_sort	genetically modified food and humanity's well-being: an islamic perspective
publisher	Springer International Publishing
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/50616/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50616/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50616/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/50616/1/50616_Genetically_Modified_Food_and_Humanity%27s_Well-being.pdf
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