Abortion under Islamic Law: an infringement of the child's right to life

• Main Authors: Mohd, Azizah, Abdul Hak, Nora, Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina, Alkali, Alhaji Umar
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Tokyo International Conference on Social Sciences (TICSS) 2014
• Subjects: KBP Islamic Law; KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/73097/18/73097%20abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73097/1/Abortion%20in%20Islamic%20law%20ticss2014tokyo.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73097/3/TICSS2014%20certificate%20of%20presentation.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/73097/

Abortion is an act that is done with the intention of terminating the life of a fetus before it is born. Under Islamic law, the life of a human being is sacred and as such, no one is allowed to kill or bring an end to the life of another except in accordance with the law. Whether a fetus under Islam...