Hospitals advertising halal organ transplants
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I had to google this because I have never before in my life heard the phrase "halal organ transplants" and the only things that come up with that exact phrase are referencing this, which (content warning) quotes a lady who says that China is selling "halal" organs to Muslim countries. No other resources mention organs needing to be halal.
But wait, there's more! I ran across a paper claiming that China basically fabricates its organ transplant numbers using a formula. Let's go to the author bio:
Matthew P. Robertson is a China Studies Research Fellow with the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of the nonprofit Human Rights Law Foundation, and a contributor to the nonprofit End Transplant Abuse in China. He was formerly editor of China news at The Epoch Times where in 2013 he won a Sigma Delta Chi award for investigating allegations of organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience in China.
What's The Epoch Times? I haven't heard of that one.
The Epoch Times is a far-right international multi-language newspaper and media company affiliated with the Falun Gong new religious movement.
well okay then
Edit: I do not have the time to dig into Robertson's numbers to see what's going on there but here's a PubMed source with data.
The impression I got was that "halal" in context meant that the donor didn't engage in any activities like smoking or drinking, but in a probable indication that the halal organ concept was made up whole cloth, none of the more reputable sources on Muslim perspectives on organ donation mentioned that being a requirement.
For specifics we have fatwas. Just check the one on organ donation by the Fiqh Council - as long as donation will not lead to death of or harm to the donor, it's permissible.
I just didn't want to cite a giant fatwa, and ongoing charity is a simple way to justify organ donations before going into specifics.
I had to google this because I have never before in my life heard the phrase "halal organ transplants" and the only things that come up with that exact phrase are referencing this, which (content warning) quotes a lady who says that China is selling "halal" organs to Muslim countries. No other resources mention organs needing to be halal.
But wait, there's more! I ran across a paper claiming that China basically fabricates its organ transplant numbers using a formula. Let's go to the author bio:
What's The Epoch Times? I haven't heard of that one.
well okay then
Edit: I do not have the time to dig into Robertson's numbers to see what's going on there but here's a PubMed source with data.
Also, all organ donations are halal. To quote the Prophet (peace be upon him):
Consentual organ donation is obviously a form of Sadaqah Jariyah, "ongoing charity", and therefore halal.
The impression I got was that "halal" in context meant that the donor didn't engage in any activities like smoking or drinking, but in a probable indication that the halal organ concept was made up whole cloth, none of the more reputable sources on Muslim perspectives on organ donation mentioned that being a requirement.
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For specifics we have fatwas. Just check the one on organ donation by the Fiqh Council - as long as donation will not lead to death of or harm to the donor, it's permissible.
I just didn't want to cite a giant fatwa, and ongoing charity is a simple way to justify organ donations before going into specifics.
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