Islam and new kinship
Subtitle: reproductive technology and the shariah in Lebanon
By: Morgan Clarke.
Series: Fertility, reproduction and sexuality
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781845454326
Subjects: Human reproduction (Islamic law) -- Lebanon; Reproductive rights -- Lebanon
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contexts; title: Prologue: Ahmed's story; title: 'New kinship', new reproductive technologies and ideas of kinship in the Middle East; title: Islamic law and the religion of Lebanon: the example of adoption; title: Conversations; title: Test-tube fiqh: islamic legal reactions to the new reproductive technologies; title: More test-tube fiqh; title: Medical perspectives; title: Confrontations; title: Brave new worlds?.