Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration

Intersexuality is a biological fact of human birth. Unlike the normal birth of human species as boys and girls, instances of babies born with ambiguous sexual denomination has been part of human procreation since time immemorial. In the context of Islam, Islamic law contains both regular laws and...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Badrol, Muhammad Afif, Awang, Abdul Bari, Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
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Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) 2018
Subjects:	KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim
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spelling	iium-669652019-02-26T04:14:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66965/ Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration Mohd Badrol, Muhammad Afif Awang, Abdul Bari Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim Intersexuality is a biological fact of human birth. Unlike the normal birth of human species as boys and girls, instances of babies born with ambiguous sexual denomination has been part of human procreation since time immemorial. In the context of Islam, Islamic law contains both regular laws and special provisions dealing with this genre of humans. In the process, the most perplexing issue facing classical jurists was juridical determination of intersexuality in order to decide which set of laws can apply on an intersex. Therefore, they formulated their own juridical criteria and set of indicators mainly dealing with the appearance of genitalia at birth and its function during infancy, otherwise postponing their judgments until the exhibition of secondary characteristic by such individuals. Modern medical science changed the landscape by examining not only the external genitalia but also internal sexual system and chromosomal formula to assign a particular gender to an intersex. This study after delineating the position in both fiqh and medicine argue for regulated integration between the two. International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66965/1/66965_Intersex%20gender%20determination%20in%20classical%20islamic%20law_article.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66965/2/66965_Intersex%20gender%20determination%20in%20classical%20islamic%20law_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66965/13/66965_Intersex%20gender%20determination%20in%20classical%20Islamic%20Law_WOS.pdf Mohd Badrol, Muhammad Afif and Awang, Abdul Bari and Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2018) Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration. Al-Shajarah, 23 (2). pp. 469-495. ISSN 1394-6870 http://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/article/view/751/345
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description	Intersexuality is a biological fact of human birth. Unlike the normal birth of human species as boys and girls, instances of babies born with ambiguous sexual denomination has been part of human procreation since time immemorial. In the context of Islam, Islamic law contains both regular laws and special provisions dealing with this genre of humans. In the process, the most perplexing issue facing classical jurists was juridical determination of intersexuality in order to decide which set of laws can apply on an intersex. Therefore, they formulated their own juridical criteria and set of indicators mainly dealing with the appearance of genitalia at birth and its function during infancy, otherwise postponing their judgments until the exhibition of secondary characteristic by such individuals. Modern medical science changed the landscape by examining not only the external genitalia but also internal sexual system and chromosomal formula to assign a particular gender to an intersex. This study after delineating the position in both fiqh and medicine argue for regulated integration between the two.
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author	Mohd Badrol, Muhammad Afif Awang, Abdul Bari Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
author_facet	Mohd Badrol, Muhammad Afif Awang, Abdul Bari Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
author_sort	Mohd Badrol, Muhammad Afif
title	Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration
title_short	Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration
title_full	Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration
title_fullStr	Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration
title_full_unstemmed	Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration
title_sort	intersex gender determination in classical islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for integration
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM)
publishDate	2018
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Intersex gender determination in classical Islamic law and modern medicine: an analysis for Integration

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