Islamic views on organ donation at Qatar seminar

Manama: A scientific seminar on Islamic perspectives on organ donations will be held this week in the Qatari capital Doha.

The ‘Organ donation between Islamic ethico-legal discourse and Muslim reality’ on Tuesday will be hosted by the Research Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), a member of Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), in collaboration with Qatar Organ Donation Centre.

The seminar, part of a series of CILE events organised to address the issues of biomedical ethics, will allow two prominent specialists in the field of organ transplantation and the related ethical issues to express their views.

Dr Mohammad Ghaly, Professor of Islam and biomedical ethics from CILE, will deal with ‘Ethical conundrums of organ donation through the lens of Muslim religious scholars’ while Dr Riadh Fadil, Professor of Urology & Transplant Surgery and Director of Qatar Organ Donation Centre, will present the Doha model of organ donation under the title ‘Doha model of organ donation: thinking beyond nationality’, organisers said.

Choosing such medical topics for the detailed academic discussion reflects the vision adopted by CILE, they added.

“The research centre is committed to helping Muslims reform their status quo, both theoretically and practically, by reconciling with the entire world and by contributing to the international exchange of ideas and universal reality through their own doctrinal, ethical and legislative perspectives,” they said.

“Within this broad vision, CILE pays special attention to the field of Islam and biomedical ethics with the aim of constructing holistic Islamic perspectives that can introduce seminal contributions and radical reform in this emerging field of study.”