Over the years, the Asian Bioethics Review (ABR) has discussed various aspects of bioethics and Islam. We have collected a number of these articles on this webpage, and will keep this page up-to-date with our most recent publications, as well as gradually add our older articles on this topic.
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Editorial – Free Access
Islamic Bioethics
Alireza Bagheri
December 2011 – 3(4): 313-315 – http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/144514
Article – Free Access
Sharia Law and Organ Transplantation: Through the Lens of Muslim Jurists
Farhat Moazam
December 2011 – 3(4): 316-332 – http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/144515
Article – Free Access
Confidentiality vis-à-vis HIV/AIDS and Other Related Issues: A Case Study in Light of Islamic Medical Jurisprudence
Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim
December 2011 – 3(4): 333-341 – http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/144516
Article – Free Access
Human Cloning from the Viewpoint of Islamic Fiqh and Ethics
S. M. Mohaghegh Damad
December 2011 – 3(4): 342-350 – http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/144517
Article – Free Access
Abortion in Different Islamic Jurisprudence: Case Commentaries
Alireza Bagheri, Leila Afshar, Mohamed A. Shahin, Majdah Zawawi, Mohammed Albar, and Sahin Aksoy
December 2011 – 3(4): 351-365 – http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/144518
Article – Free Access
Gamete Donation: Ethical Divergences in Islamic Religious Thinking
Md Shaikh Farid, and Paul Schotsmans
March 2014 – 6(1): 23-38 – doi: 10.1353/asb.2014.0005
Article – Free Access
Priority Setting in Islamic Bioethics: Top 10 Bioethical Challenges in Islamic Countries
Alireza Bagheri
December 2014 – 6(4): 391-401 – doi: 10.1353/asb.2014.0031
Original Paper – Free2Read
CRISPR-Cas9 and He Jiankui’s case: an Islamic bioethics review using Maqasid al-Shari’a and Qawaid Fighiyyah
Nimah Alsomali, and Ghaiath Hussein
June 2021 – 13(2): 149 – 165 – doi: 10.1007/s41649-021-00167-1
Free Access from 1 June 2022 via PMC8298734
Original Article – Free Access
The Human Organ Transplantation Act and Recent Progress in Bangladesh
Md. Sanwar Siraj
September 2021 – 13(3): 283-296 – doi: 10.1007/s41649-021-00170-6
Student Article – Open Access
Mapping out the Trajectory of Islamic Perspectives on Neuroethics
Noorina Noorfuad
July 2022 – 14(3): 217-223 – doi: 10.1007/s41649-022-00203-8
Original Article – Free2Read
An Islamic Bioethics Framework to Justify the At-risk Adolescents’ Regulations on Access to Key Reproductive Health Services
Forouzan Akrami, Alireza Zali, and Mahmoud Abbasi
July 2022 – 14(3): 225-235 – doi: 10.1007/s41649-021-00200-3
Free Access from 1 July 2023 via PMC9250575
Original Article – Free2Read
The Status of “Mother” in Gestational Surrogacy: The Shiʿi Jurisprudential Perspective
Saeid Nazari Tavakkoli
October 2022 – 14(4): 000 – doi: 10.1007/s41649-022-00217-2
Free Access from 1 October 2023 via PMC
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