Muslims Urged To Refuse ‘Un-Islamic’ Vaccinations?

Question

\\A leading Islamic doctor is urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella because they contain substances making them unlawful for Muslims to take.

Dr Abdul Majid Katme, head of the Islamic Medical Association, says almost all vaccines contain un-Islamic “haram” derivatives of animal or human tissue, and that Muslim parents are better off letting childrens’ immune systems develop on their own.

Dr Katme, an NHS psychiatrist, said: “If you breastfeed your child for two years—as the Koran says—and you eat Koranic food like olives and black seed, and you do ablution each time you pray, then you will have a strong defence system.”//

To a degree I would agree with him, except in the case(s) of debilitating diseases which can kill or seriously harm children.
Building a strong immune system of your own is an essential thing for anyone irrespective of religious belief.

Answer 1

Well, we are permitted things that are typically haram in times of desperate need. Medicines to heal us in bad conditions are not forbidden to take, and we can even eat pork if it is the only available food source, but it must be a needy situation.

On a personal level I have to agree with the Dr., not only out of religious beliefs, but also because I am firmly against vaccinations. They contain horrible toxic materials and can cause more harm than good. Take the flu vaccination for example. If anyone other than doctors tried injecting you with mercury, aluminum, antifreeze, and embalming fluid, they'd be tried for attempted murder. Add to that the flu shot has yet to be proven effective and you're just wasting time, money, and potentially seriously risking your health.

There's nothing better than nature and whether you believe in higher powers or evolution (or both), you can't disagree that what nature provides, man cannot equate. Yet at least.

Answer 2

This is a new one on me, and is very interesting.

You can't bring logic into the lives of people who care only about following prescribed rules to the letter. Muslim boys recite the Qu'ran, in the original Arabic, in African countries where they do not speak Arabic. The words become like a talisman, magical in themselves, and understanding them is not relevant.

A few thoughts: Before vaccinations, people would have developed immunity, or died. This seems to be the thinking here. Vaccinations have virtually wiped out some diseases, such as smallpox.

Another point is that the MMR vaccine you mention is still contraversial for other reasons. Along with the old allegations that it's linked with a certain type of autism and with bowel disease, new studies have pointed to some children being succeptable to the mercury in the vaccine. My husband is a scientist, and after looking at the 'anecdotal' evidence is not convinced it is safe. He has refused to have our children vaccinated, a source of worry to me - I don't want them to get brain disease from measles, but I don't want them to become autistic after the vaccine either!

It seems to me that if the Government wants the Muslim population, and parents like me, to vaccinate their children, it must produce a vaccine that doesn't use animal tissue and is demonstrably safe. It must have public confidence, which is not there. With all the stories floating round of healthy children regressing after being vaccinated, simply saying 'We're the Dept of Health. It's safe' is not good enough.

Answer 3

I'm all for promoting ones bodies immune system, and survival of the fittest etc. I think if they want to do that it is their choice. Everyone should make their own mind up on such issues, like the MMR jab.

This made me laugh though:

"Well, we are permitted things that are typically haram in times of desperate need. Medicines to heal us in bad conditions are not forbidden to take, and we can even eat pork if it is the only available food source, but it must be a needy situation."

Always a get out clause eh? Isn't religion great?

Answer 4

Anyone who is against legitimate vaccinations aimed at protecting children and stopping the spread of disease is a dangerous fool.
Any doctor who takes this stance should be struck-off as incompetent. Religion shouldn't come in to it. Indeed people with a "minority" view have no right to put everyone else's children at risk by increasing the possibility of a resurgence and mutation of highly dangerous illnesses. The whole MMR debate was handled disgracefully in the media a few years ago. It was presented as a 50-50 debate when the evidence was 95-5 in favour of the jab.

ROGUE DOCTORS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PUT OUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH AT RISK.

Answer 5

I think this is their way of demanding that they use non-animal products in their jabs. Most scholars state that it is acceptable to take immunization shots even if they contain animal-derived chemicals.

Answer 6

The Doctor in question should be charged with gross misconduct by the GMC and struck off the medical register.

It's as simple as that.

Answer 7

Yes it would be because of some animal product in the vaccines.

Answer 8

Good, I totally agree that not one single muslim should be vaccinated against anything.

This is the perfect answer! Self-imposed population control by the muslims themselves! Most of the unvaccinated children would die, thanks to the pig-headed stubbornness of their parents' evil cult.

Answer 9

What a load of dog Sh*t, how a child is brought up is up to any parent regardless of what religion says, when childrens health is put at steak that is when religion crosses the line towards dictatorship.

Answer 10

So What ?? If they don,t want them --- Don,t Have them --- Just don,t "Infect" the rest of us ... Go somewhere else .... NOW .. We don,t want you to be "OFFENDED" do we ??