Abul Fadl Mohsin Ebrahim is a

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scholar of Islamic bioethics and emeritus professor of Islamic Studies in the School of Religion and Theology at the

University of KwaZulu-Natal The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN; , ) is a public research university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University ...

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. He is a Senior Professor and researcher at the

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and the Academic Research Director of the

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Biography

Ebrahim, a Seychelles native, finished his initial studies on Islam at the Aleemiyah Institute of Islamic Studies in

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, in 1975, and then went on to receive a Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.) degree at

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in 1977. He then went on to

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in Philadelphia, where he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in 1983 and 1986 respectively. He is currently serving as Professor Emeritus in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the

; and a Senior Professor and Researcher at the REGENT Business School, in Durban, South Africa.

Works

* Abortion, Birth Control and Surrogate Parenting: An Islamic Perspective (1989) * Islamic Guidelines on Animals Experimentation (1992) * Biomedical Issues: Islamic Perspective (1993) * Ethics of Medical Research: Some Islamic Considerations (1994) * Organ Transplantation: Contemporary Islamic Legal and Ethical Perspectives (1998) * Organ transplantation, euthanasia, cloning and animal experimentation (2001) * Reproductive Health and Islamic Values: Ethical and Legal Insights (2001) * Muslims in Seychelles: A Historical Appraisal of Their Legacy (2016)

References

External links

Official web page at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
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