Date of source:
Azhar
scholars rejected
Prof. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi’s Fatwá that allows a couple not able to bear children to
implant their zygote in the
womb of another woman. They announced him a deviant from true Islām. Bayoumi
said he is ready to turn from this
fatwa if any medical discovery proved that...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
The author is of the opinion that some scientific facts could be diminished by popular ideas disguised by religion one time, and ethics or politics at other times. The ex-President of Cairo University and ex-Minister of Health, testified before the Islamic Research Institute that it was very...
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute rejected Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi’s fatwa permitting a married woman with children to host another couples’ zygote. It drove Prof. Bayoumi to withdraw his opinion for the sake of the integrity of the Muslim nation. Bayoumi said that the topic is still open for discussion...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
Pope Shenouda said that neither Judaism nor Christianity approve of cloning. He believes that having a host mother is not allowed because in such a case we would not know who the real mother is. He is also of the opinion that pregnancy from a dead father is unnatural as the relation between a man...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi, the Dean of the Faculty of Usul Al-Din [fundamentals of religion] in the Azhar University, was harshly attacked because of his fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or Mufti] allowing leasing of wombs. The attack leveled against him reached the extent of...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
The Islamic Organization for Medical Sciences, in Kuwait, welcomed the Islamic Research Institute’s fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or Mufti] that forbids leasing a womb to implant in it the zygote of another woman.
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute put an end to the controversial issue of leasing wombs by rendering it haram [religiously forbidden]. Asharq Al-Awsat interviewed many scholars, doctors and experts in the field of genetic engineering to ask them about their opinions concerning this issue. Dr. Abdel-...
Date of source: Friday, April 6, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute rejected Prof. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi’s fatwa that allows a woman to host a zygote of a couple not capable of having children. Many scholars regard the host mother to be an adulteress.
Date of source: Sunday, July 16, 2000
Dr. Mohammed Said Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar, decreed that womb transplant is allowed as long the operation does not involve transplanting the womb to a woman who is related to the donor. Dr. Muhammed Bakr Isma’il, Chairman of the Department for Shari’a Law at the Azhar University, supports the...