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Islamic scholars draw out plan to combat polio
JEDDAH: HABIB SHAIKH & FOUZIA KHAN
Published ? Friday 28 February 2014
Leading Islamic scholars from all over the world led by the imam of the Grand Mosque on Thursday adopted a "Jeddah Declaration" and a focused six-month plan of action to address challenges facing polio eradication efforts in the few remaining polio-endemic parts of the Islamic world.
The declaration came at the end of the two-day meeting of the Islamic Advisory Group (IAG) for polio eradication at the headquarters of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah.
Representing various schools of Islamic scholarship and thought, the IAG was convened following a consultation of leading scholars in March 2013. The group is intended to bolster the support of the Islamic community and leadership for polio eradication and to communicate trust in the safety and effectiveness of vaccination.
The declaration seeks to address issues such as ban on vaccinations, lack of access to children in some areas, deadly attacks on health workers and misconceptions among the community about mass vaccination campaigns.
Addressing the media, IAG Chairman Saleh bin Humaid said the scholars at the meeting asserted that protection against diseases was obligatory and admissible under Islamic Shariah, and declared that any action which does not support these preventive measures and causes harm to humanity are un-Islamic...
Islamic scholars draw out plan to combat polio
JEDDAH: HABIB SHAIKH & FOUZIA KHAN
Published ? Friday 28 February 2014
Leading Islamic scholars from all over the world led by the imam of the Grand Mosque on Thursday adopted a "Jeddah Declaration" and a focused six-month plan of action to address challenges facing polio eradication efforts in the few remaining polio-endemic parts of the Islamic world.
The declaration came at the end of the two-day meeting of the Islamic Advisory Group (IAG) for polio eradication at the headquarters of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah.
Representing various schools of Islamic scholarship and thought, the IAG was convened following a consultation of leading scholars in March 2013. The group is intended to bolster the support of the Islamic community and leadership for polio eradication and to communicate trust in the safety and effectiveness of vaccination.
The declaration seeks to address issues such as ban on vaccinations, lack of access to children in some areas, deadly attacks on health workers and misconceptions among the community about mass vaccination campaigns.
Addressing the media, IAG Chairman Saleh bin Humaid said the scholars at the meeting asserted that protection against diseases was obligatory and admissible under Islamic Shariah, and declared that any action which does not support these preventive measures and causes harm to humanity are un-Islamic...