{"title":"Gene Drive Mosquitoes from Islamic Perspective: A Preliminary Discussion","authors":"Noor Munirah Isa","doi":"10.7187/gjat072023-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Gene drive mosquitoes could spread desired trait, such as female infertility within a wild population at a rate higher than the normal inheritance rate and could eventually wipe out the population. Consequently, this makes gene drive mosquitoes one of the promising approaches in controlling mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue. Despite its potentials, the development of gene drive mosquitoes has raised ethical concerns, mainly on the issues of safety and efficacy, as well as tampering with nature. Little research has been conducted to explore religious perspectives on this new advancement. This article aims to fill that gap by exploring the ethics of gene drive mosquitoes from Islamic perspectives. This article outlines three aspects, namely the purposes, the potential benefits and harms, and the need of the technology that should be considered when discussing whether gene drive mosquitoes should be allowed from Islamic perspectives.","PeriodicalId":12715,"journal":{"name":"global journal al thaqafah","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"global journal al thaqafah","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7187/gjat072023-1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"N/A","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Gene drive mosquitoes could spread desired trait, such as female infertility within a wild population at a rate higher than the normal inheritance rate and could eventually wipe out the population. Consequently, this makes gene drive mosquitoes one of the promising approaches in controlling mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue. Despite its potentials, the development of gene drive mosquitoes has raised ethical concerns, mainly on the issues of safety and efficacy, as well as tampering with nature. Little research has been conducted to explore religious perspectives on this new advancement. This article aims to fill that gap by exploring the ethics of gene drive mosquitoes from Islamic perspectives. This article outlines three aspects, namely the purposes, the potential benefits and harms, and the need of the technology that should be considered when discussing whether gene drive mosquitoes should be allowed from Islamic perspectives.
期刊介绍：
Global Journal Al-Thaqafah (GJAT) is a biannual journal, published by Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS), Perak, MALAYSIA. This journal is purely academic and peer reviewed. It caters to articles, research notes and reports, and book reviews on diverse topics relating to Islam and the Muslims. This journal is intended to provide an avenue for researchers and academics from all persuasions and traditions to share and discuss differing views, new ideas, theories, research outcomes, and socio-cultural and socio-political issues that impact on and directly or indirectly affect the Muslim World with the sole purpose of making this world a better place to live in. GJAT started in 2011 and was later granted the SCOPUS status in March 2014. Since then, GJAT has published numerous articles and materials from international contributors. GJAT welcomes contributions from all: academics, experts, and professionals. All articles submitted must be original, academic, of high scholarly standard, and meet the strict SCOPUS requirements. GJAT prioritizes articles that discuss fundamental issues and are of global relevance and importance, and publishes all articles that fulfill the basic criteria without prejudice (kindly refer to "Submission and Guidelines"). All decisions by GJAT to publish any article are final.
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