Book Review of Abul Fazl Mohsin Ebrahim’s “Abortion, Birth Control & Surrogate Parenting—In Islamic Perspective” by Abdul Wahid Osman Belal.
The book has copyright with American Trust Publications of which Sole Distributor outside America and Europe is International Islamic Publishing House (IIPH) Head Office, P.O. Box 56195—Riyadh—11534—Saudi Arabia contains the following introduction:
“Dr. A. F. Mohsin Ebrahim currently resident in South Africa hails from the Seychelles. After completion of his secondary education he pursued further studies at the Aleemiyah Institute, Karachi founded by late Maulana Dr. Muhammad Fazl-ur-Rahman Ansari (R.A.). He obtained B. Th. from Al Azhar University Cairo, Egypt. Back in Seychelles in 1977, he formed the Muslim youth branch of the Islamic Society of Seychelles; founded the “Iqra” Monthly Magazine, and campaigned for the construction of Seychelles’ first Masjid. In 1982 he enrolled for the Masters program in Religion at the Temple University, Philadelphia USA and obtained an M.A. degree in Religion. He worked for his Doctoral degree under the supervision of renowned Prof. Ismail al Faruqi and was awarded one in Religion with specialization in Islamic Studies in May 1986. He is at present working as a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Durban—Westville, South Africa.”
It may be added here that: Maulana Dr. Muhammad Fazl-ur-Rahman Ansari Al-Qaderi (R.A.) was also Founder of World Federation of Islamic Missions (WFIM) at Karachi and Aleemiyah Institute, Karachi was named after his father in law late Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqui Al-Qaderi (R.A.) world fame missionary of Islam and founder of several institutions in Sri Lanka, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Canada, (fill in)
Besides the authorÂ’s CONCLUSION REFERENCES and APPENDICES, his own INTRODUCTION to the book consists of: I. Ethical Nature of the Issue and II. Scoping the problem, contains: PART ONE: ISLAM AND HEALTH comprising of Chapter: I. PREVENTIVE AND CURATIVE MEDICINE subdivided into I: Health Preservation and II. Restoration of Health; Chapter II: MEDICAL ETHICS subdivided into I. In the West, and II. In Islam. PART TWO: REPROUCTIVE CONTROL. Chapter III: THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE. Chapter IV: CONTRACEPTION subdivided into I. Islamic Sources and II. Reasons for Contraception. Chapter V: CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS subdivided into Reversible Methods and Irreversible Methods. Chapter VI: BIRTH CONTROL IN HISTORY subdivided into I. The Birth Control Movement and II. Family Planning in Pakistan. PART THREE: BIOTECHNICAL PARENTING: Chapter VII: THE PROBLEM OF INFERTILITY subdivided into I. The Quran and Infertility and II. Coping with Infertility. Chapter VIII: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE AND INFERTILITY subdivided into I. Causes of Infertility and II. Cures. Chapter IX: ANALYSIS OF BIOTECHNICAL METHODS subdivided into I. Artificial Insemination and Masturbation II. Sperm Donors. III. In Vitro Fertilization. IV. Egg Transfer V. Ectogenesis and Cloning, and VI. Surrogate Parenting. PART FOUR: ABORTION. Chapter X: THE TERMINATION OF LIFE subdivided into I. Sanctity of Life and II. Permitted Termination of Life. Chapter XI: THE STATUS OF THE FETUS subdivided into I. Stages of Fetal Growth and II. Rights of the Fetus. Chapter XII: UNWANTED PREGNANCIES subdivided into I. Illegitimate Sex. II. Rape and III Deformities. Chapter XIII: WARRANT FOR ABORTION subdivided into I. Abortion in Islamic Juridical Literature. II. Abortion in the Writings of Classical Muslim Physicians and III. Hazards of Abortion. Chapter XIV: PUNISHMENT FOR FETICIDE subdivided into 1. Forms of Aggression against the Fetus and II. Forms of Compensation.
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ABDUL WAHID OSMAN BELAL
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