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Muslims have shown great diversity in understanding and practicing Islam from very early after the Revelation to nowadays. Consequently, the way they implemented Islamic values in their daily life has been diversified and deeply changing over time and space, according to the contexts and needs of Muslim societies. Islamic Bioethics, like Islamic human rights and Islamic feminism; is increasingly claimed to be new approach for research, debates and advocacy in the specific contexts of Muslim societies. It aim to develop and promote culturally accepted rules, laws and practices based on common principles of Islamic and universal human rights. This is very possible if it is based on the contextual reading and understanding of the Qur’an that show a global coherence of the founding principles of Islam with the principles stated in the 2005-UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights.
This paper is a contribution to the discussion of the paper on “Bioethics from Islamic perspective” presented by Dr. DARIUSCH ATIGHETCHI during the Third International Conference on Bioethics, Multiculturalism and Religion (HK, 3–5 December 2013)
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Guessous, N. (2017). General Considerations About Islamic and Universal Bioethics. In: Tham, J., Kwan, K., Garcia, A. (eds) Religious Perspectives on Bioethics and Human Rights. Advancing Global Bioethics, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58431-7_21
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