CILE Hosts Public Seminar on Islamics Ethics in the Era of Genomics

The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE), a centre of the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS) in Hamad Bin Khalifa University, opened its annual activities for the new academic year with a public lecture on ‘Islamic Ethics in the Era of Genomics’.

Religious scholars and biomedical scientists participated in the seminar, organised in collaboration with the Qatar Supreme Council of Health, on Thursday. The event takes place at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, in Hamad Bin Khalifa University within Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development’s Education City. It focused on the topic of Genomics, a branch of molecular genetics concerned with the study of genomes – specifically, the identification and sequencing of their constituent genes and the application of this knowledge in medicine, pharmacy and agriculture.

Hatem Elshanti, MD, Scientific Director of Medical Genetics Center at the Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) and Dr Mohammed Naim Yasin, Professor in the Faculty of Sharia at Jordan University, highlighted key ethical dilemmas that genomic technologies brings, and discussed Muslim religious scholars’ responses to the ethical questions.

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