Islamic Legal Perspectives on Genetically Modified Food

Genetically modified food (GMF) is part of our reality as consumers worldwide. The techniques and possibilities involved require an Islamic legal (fiqhi) study in order to determine the assumptions underlying its consumption, production, and related research. This paper places the study of GMF with...

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Autor principal:	Anke Iman Bouzenita
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Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2010
Materias:	Islam BP1-253
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c0f39207aeb84e0196697374da47119e2021-12-02T19:23:14ZIslamic Legal Perspectives on Genetically Modified Food10.35632/ajis.v27i1.3542690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/c0f39207aeb84e0196697374da47119e2010-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/354https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Genetically modified food (GMF) is part of our reality as consumers worldwide. The techniques and possibilities involved require an Islamic legal (fiqhi) study in order to determine the assumptions underlying its consumption, production, and related research. This paper places the study of GMF within a holistic context by taking into consideration the societal background and rationale within which it has been developed. It investigates the possibility of transferring such fiqhi devices as istihalah (chemical transformation), istihlak (extreme dilution), and others to GMF in regard to combining genetic material from permissible and non-permissible sources; raises several questions and concerns about using the maqasidi scheme; and discusses GMF’s permissibility under the aspects of changing creation or “harnessing nature.” Anke Iman BouzenitaInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2010)
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description	Genetically modified food (GMF) is part of our reality as consumers worldwide. The techniques and possibilities involved require an Islamic legal (fiqhi) study in order to determine the assumptions underlying its consumption, production, and related research. This paper places the study of GMF within a holistic context by taking into consideration the societal background and rationale within which it has been developed. It investigates the possibility of transferring such fiqhi devices as istihalah (chemical transformation), istihlak (extreme dilution), and others to GMF in regard to combining genetic material from permissible and non-permissible sources; raises several questions and concerns about using the maqasidi scheme; and discusses GMF’s permissibility under the aspects of changing creation or “harnessing nature.”
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Islamic Legal Perspectives on Genetically Modified Food

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