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Resolution 100/2/10 on Human Cloning (“Resolution”) cites primarily to the Qur’an, only once cites to hadith, and otherwise relies heavily upon uncited scientific definitions and experiments. The Resolution begins with a two-page preamble, providing an overview of Qur’anic excerpts that describe the purity of God’s creation of man and proscribe manipulations and interventions in God’s creation. The Resolution then defines ‘cloning’ as either cloning by division or nuclear transfer—both of which depend upon an intervention in the divine process of creation. Finally, the Resolution concludes that “[i]t is prohibited to clone human being[s], such as in the above-mentioned two cases or by any other method that results in the multiplication of human specie[s].”

Resolution 90/7/9 (“Resolution”) cites primarily to a compendium of “research papers forwarded to the [IIFA] on the subject of AIDS” and to the Qur’an.  The Resolution addresses six different issues relevant to the treatment of individuals diagnosed with AIDS: (1) it is not necessary to isolate patients; (2) deliberate transmission of AIDS to a healthy individual is haram—Shari’a proscribed—and is “considered among the major evil sins and transgressions”; (3) abortion of a fetus by a mother infected with AIDS is impermissible; (4) it is permissible for a mother infected by AIDS to retain custody of her child and to breastfeed her child; (5) it is permissible for a wife to seek separation from a husband infected with AIDS; and (6) AIDS is considered terminal according to Shari’a when “all of its symptoms are present and the victim is no longer capable of carrying out ordinary living, and death is imminent.”

Resolution 16 (4-3) (“Resolution”) cites primarily to a compendium of “studies on the subject of [a]rtificial insemination” and the testimonies of “experts and physicians.” The Resolution enumerates seven known methods of artificial insemination. The first five of those seven methods are “absolutely prohibited… due to ensuing consequences manifested in confusion about parenthood and loss of motherhood and other Shari’a prohibited matters.”  The sixth and seventh methods of artificial insemination are permissible in cases of necessity.