New CILE Publication: Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics

New CILE Publication*

During the period 5-7 January 2013, the Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE) organized an international seminar for examining the Islamic perspectives on the principles of biomedical ethics. The proceedings of this seminar led to Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics, a new refereed publication issued in collaboration with two reputable academic publishers, namely Imperial College Press and Word Scientific.

Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics is an edited volume which contains some of the papers presented during the aforementioned seminar in addition to other papers which were written after the seminar. The volume is divided into three main parts:

• Part I (Methodological Issues)
• Part II (Principles of Biomedical Ethics)
• Part III (Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics)

The volume is edited by Dr. Mohammed Ghaly who moderated the seminar when he was affiliated with Leiden University at the time of the seminar and he is currently Professor of Islam and Biomedical Ethics. 

• More information about the seminar is available here
• More information about the books and how to purchase it is available here and here

Main Contents of the volume "Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics"

Methodological Issues:

• Deliberations within the Islamic Tradition on Principle-Based Bioethics: An Enduring Task (Mohammed Ghaly)
• The 'Bio' in Biomedicine: Evolution, Assumptions, and Ethical Implications (Muna Ali)
• A Maqāṣid-Based Approach for New Independent Legal Reasoning (Ijtihād) (Jasser Auda)

Principles of Biomedical Ethics:

• The Principles of Biomedical Ethics as Universal Principles (Tom L Beauchamp)
• Response by Ali Al-Qaradaghi to Tom Beauchamp's Paper (Ali Al-Qaradaghi)
• The Principles of Biomedical Ethics Revisited (Annelien L Bredenoord)
• Script of Oral Discussions (Day 1, Session 3)
• Script of Oral Discussions (Day 2, Session 3)

Islamic Perspectives on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics:

• Ethics in Medicine: A Principle-Based Approach in Light of the Higher Objectives (Maqāṣid) of Sharia (Ahmed Raissouni)
• Response by Hassan Chamsi-Pasha to Raissouni's Paper (Hassan Chamsi-Pasha)
• Script of Oral Discussions (Day 1, Session 2)
• Governing Principles of Islamic Ethics in Medicine (Abdul Sattar Abu Ghuddah)
• Response by Hassan Chamsi-Pasha to Abu Ghuddah's Paper (Hassan Chamsi-Pasha)
• Script of Oral Discussions (Day 1, Session 1)
• Formulating Ethical Principles in Light of the Higher Objectives of Sharia and Their Criteria (Ali Al-Qaradaghi)
• Script of Oral Discussions (Day 3, Session 3)
• Script of Concluding Discussions: Part One (Day 2: Session 1 and Session 2)
• Script of Concluding Discussions: Part Two (Day 3: Session 1 and Session 2)

• Conclusion: Critical Remarks (Tariq Ramadan)
• Glossary
• Index

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[Addendum] 

*Please note the biographical note of the contributing author Dr. Muna Ali is missing in the printed version. Please find this biographical note, as received from the author, here below:

Muna Ali holds a Ph.D. in socio-cultural anthropology from Arizona State University. She is a faculty associate at the School of Politics and Global Studies and a visiting researcher at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University in the United States. She is also a licensed physical therapist and an assistant professor of physical therapy at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.  Her research interests include the social and cultural aspects of health, integrative medicine, immigration and religion in public, and Islam/Muslims in the United States and Europe.

She has authored articles or book chapters on Arab and Muslim Americans, the Qur’an in American Muslim life, the transformative power of the arts, and a forthcoming monograph tentatively titled "YOUNG MUSLIM AMERICA: Faith, Community, and Belonging" (Oxford University Press). She also has authored articles on Islamic ethics and coauthored on bioethics.  Additionally, she is a community organizer who cofound and serves on the board of directors of several community organizations.