3rd Al Balagh Academy

Online International Conference on

Fiqh of Medicine

Graduation Ceremony and Stakeholder Seminar

23rd February 2021
9:30 AM – 5:30 PM GMT
Online Seminar

For Health Care Professionals, Students, Muslim Scholars and all other interested parties and Health Bodies.

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Awareness

To increase awareness of contemporary Islamic psychology, and mental health from the Islamic perspective, its challenges and proposed future direction.

Research and Intelligence

To promote and advance a multidisciplinary approach to research and intelligence in producers and more engagement with consumers of Islamic Psychology and Mental health in Muslims.

Network Support and Resources

To provide a forum and interpersonal contact between Practitioners, Islamic Scholars (Ulema) and other academics and bodies, in order to build a network of support and resource for the future.

Introduction

Medical science has witnessed some profound technological advances just in the past few decades. This has had quite an impact on the way we practice medicine, diagnose and treat. Modern medicine has challenged our understanding of humanity, and has brought some serious ethical, philosophical, theological and legal dilemmas to the table.
As the field of medicine is developing at an ever-increasing rate, and the world has become a global village, we find ourselves in an information age where the public turns to online sources and multi-media to be informed about what is the right or wrong thing to do.

Muslim leaders, the public, and stakeholder bodies need to be equipped, not only to effectively navigate the world of contemporary bioethics, but to help others make sense of these important ethical questions, through a good understanding of scripture, informed expert guidance and an ability to present this work in a way which is impactful and useful for consumers i.e. Muslim public, health professionals and organisations.

In our 2nd International conference on Fiqh of Medicine, Al Balagh Academy will be presenting and exploring some important areas of Islamic Bioethics and Medical Fiqh related to the ethics of beginning of life, end of life, prospects of producing Islamic bioethical guidelines and frameworks, the role of Darul Iftas, Islamic framework for the covid-19 pandemic and the medical fiqh of fasting.

Saturday will focus on contemporary issues related to Islamic Bioethics, and Sunday will mainly focus on medical fiqh and its future developments. Both days are open to all, however Sunday will be more dedicated to Muslim scholars who have an interest in the field and those who wish to gain more insight around engaging with shari’ah scholars and medical fiqh and fatawa bodies more generally.

#Programme Aims

Programme Aims

To increase awareness of contemporary medical bioethics from the Islamic perspective, its challenges and proposed future direction.

To promote and advance a multidisciplinary approach to research and intelligence in producers and more engagement with consumers of Islamic Bioethics.

To provide a forum and interpersonal contact between Medical Practitioners, Islamic Scholars (Ulema) and other academics and bodies, in order to build a network of support and resources for the future.

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Who Should Attend?

To provide a forum and interpersonal contact between Medical Practitioners, Islamic Scholars (Ulema) and other academics and bodies, in order to build a network of support and resources for the future.

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Agenda Of The Day

The conference will begin with a graduation ceremony of all graduates of the Al Balagh Academy Fiqh of Medicine course. Some students will present and certificates will then be given.

The two days will then proceed with three sets of presentations followed by their respective panel discussions. The first day will focus on bioethical issues pertaining to contemporary matters and the second day will relate more to medical fiqh and its development in current times.

The day will close with closing remarks from guest speakers.

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Saturday March 20th 2021

9.30

Introduction and Welcome

09.45

Al Balagh Academy – Islamic Bioethical Guidelines/ Pathways

Chair

Dr Esakji

Lecturer, Al Balagh Academy, UK

Presentation 1

Dr Arshad Latif

(Al Balagh Academy Student)

Presentation 2

Dr Shakira Kossam

(Al Balagh Academy Student)

10.15

Keynote Speeches

Speaker 1

Dr Muhammad Ali al-Bar

(Director of Centre of Medical Ethics, Jeddah)

Speaker 2

Mufti Taqi Usmani

(Dar al-‘Ulum Karachi, Pakistan)

10.50

Presentation of Certificates and Awards

11.00

Break

11.15

Ethics of Beginning of Life

Population Family Planning Programmes

Dr Abdullah al-Joudi

(King Fahd Hospital of the Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University)

Abortion and the use of Foetal Tissue

Shaykh Hatem al-Haj

(Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America AMJA)

CRISPR- Future of Gene Editing

Dr Mohammed Ghaly

(CILE)

Panel Discussion

Ali Jan Haider

(Strategic Director, NHS Bradford District and Craven CCG)

Panellists

12.45 – 13.30

Dhuhr Salah Break + Lunch

13.30

Ethics of End of Life Care

What is a Good Death?

Dr Mehrunisha Suleman

(Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge)

Ethics of Withholding and Withdrawing treatment

Mufti Zubair Butt

(Darul Ifta, Bradford)

Diagnosing Death

Dr Aasim Padela

(Initiative I&M)

Panel Discussion

Shaykh Dr Rafaqat Rashid

(Academic Director of Al Balagh)

Panellists

15.00