Bodily Integrity and Male Circumcision: An Islamic Perspective

The notion of bodily integrity forms an important part of the value-structure of many religions and cultures. In this paper, we explore the notion of bodily integrity in Islam using male circumcision as the focus of the discussion. Our aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the Muslim per...

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Autores principales: Alahmad, Ghiath, Dekkers, Wim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Islamic Medical Association of North America 2012
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Islamic Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23610746
http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/44-1-7903
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spelling pubmed-35161772013-04-22 Bodily Integrity and Male Circumcision: An Islamic Perspective Alahmad, Ghiath Dekkers, Wim J IMA Islamic Perspective The notion of bodily integrity forms an important part of the value-structure of many religions and cultures. In this paper, we explore the notion of bodily integrity in Islam using male circumcision as the focus of the discussion. Our aim is to contribute to a better understanding of the Muslim perspective and of the differences and similarities between Western and Islamic ethical structures, in particular, regarding the concept of bodily integrity. Islamic Medical Association of North America 2012-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3516177/ /pubmed/23610746 http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/44-1-7903 Text en © 2012 by the authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).
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title_short Bodily Integrity and Male Circumcision: An Islamic Perspective
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516177/
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