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LAW AND PHILOSOPHY

Genetically Modified Food (GMF)increase productivity against

negative impact on the environment


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What is Genetic Modified Food ?

The term genetically-modified food or

genetically-modified organism is commonly refer

to crop plants which was created for human or

animal by using biological technique.

It was only a food items that have undergo DNA changethrough some procedure. The process involve combining a

different genes of another organisms which the resulting

organism is called genetically modified or genetically

engineered.

The main purpose of the food being

modified is to enhance desired traits such

as increase or improved nutritional content.


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Ibrahim Syed

Dr Ibrahim b. Syed was born in South India and

he have received his academic education at

University of Mysore. Other than that he have

obtained his doctor of Science degree in 1972 in

Radiological Sciences.

PHILOSOPHER background

Majid Katme

He was born in Lebanon. Dr Katme have receivedhis medical doctorate from Cairo University in

1970. Other than that, he specialized inpsychiatry and has become an important man inUnited Kingdom for rising issues on medicalethics and family issues. Currently he is one ofchairman in the Islamic Medical Association of

the United Kingdom


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Fatima Agha al-Hayani

Fatima is a lecturer and a court

expert on Islamic Jurispudence.

She has the specialty in IslamicFamily Law. Other than that,

she was one of the active

presenter of workshops on

Islam, Islamic Law, Women in

Islam and in the Arab World,the Middle eastern History, and

last but not least regarding to

society and culture of Islam

Cardinal Renato Martino

Cardinal Renato is and Italian

Cardinal Deacon which born on 23Novermber 1932 in Salerno where

he was appoint as a priest in 1957.

He have a doctorate in Canon law

and have mastered a several

languages fluently. At early age, heentered the Vaticans diplomatic

service in 1962 and served at

several places such as Philiphines

and Canada.


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Ibrahim Syed -Opinion - Quranic verse forbidding man from defacing

Gods creation cannot be invoked as a total and

radical ban on genetic engineering.... if carried too far,

it would conflict with many forms of curative surgery

that also entail some change in Gods creation

Majid Katme

-Opinion- quotes copiously from the Quran, there isno need for genetic modification of food crops because

God created everything perfectly and man does not

have any right to manipulate anything that god has

created using His divine wisdom.

PHILOSOPHY


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Cardinal Renato Martino

-Opinion Supports genetic modification

of food as an answer for world starvationand malnutrition and because scientific

progress was part of the divine plan

Fatima Agha al-Hayani

-Opinion she contends that Muslims

must ensure that genetic modification

may remain mercy-driven and

promote righteousness.


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Islamic View on GMF


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Whether a certainfood is halal or not

although there is

already a certainly

part of it but it causedifficulty after the

food is modified.

Muslim concern onthe food purity which

absorb by the body as

it is a need to have a

good health in order

to run our daily life asa muslim.

Complex issues :


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To make easy of

all muslims andnot to tortured

Muslims must connect

scientific knowledge

and ethical behaviorbased on faith

All the thing that beendone must be parallel

with what is right and

what is wrong

Islam view has not prohibited

as long as the development oftechnology is parallel with theprinciple of Islam and not over

rule any of those principle of

life in Islam

ISLAMICPRINCIPLES


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Argument

by Muslims

scholars

Genetically modified food

will violate certain Islamic

principles that people

should help the needywithout being motivated by

profit

Whether the

Genetically

modified food do in

fact prevent harm

All the food is consume by

the body, and as a muslim ifthe food bring and cause

harm to the body it is

Haram and is not a food

that should be consume

If it affect the biodiversity it can

be regarded as harmful


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The Islamic

Jurisprudence

Council and

Islamic Food

and Nutrition

Council of

America take

the position

that theGenetically

modified food

is Halal

There is still

a doubts

among

muslims asthere is no

evidence

saying the

Geneticallymodified

food is

Halal

In Malaysia

there is

Biosafety

Act whichmake label

for

genetically

modified

food

Status of halal:


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Fatima Agha Al-Hayani (PREFERRED)

-Muslims must ensure that genetic modification may remain mercy-driven and promote righteousness.

-As long as the technology do not cause

harm to the people or the environment it

will be regarded as safe and be accepted bythe people

Fatima Agha Al-Hayani parallel with

Islamic principle.

-As a human we should help otherhuman beings.

-All the flaw of the food should be

overcome by doing research as this

food have its own benefit to help

those in need-The aim of modifying the food itself should

be same which is to help those in need asthe food supply is not enough to support

billion of people which increase from time

to time

GROUP OPINION :


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Fatima Agha Al-Hayani

(PREFERRED) cont.

-There is a potential

danger of the Genetic

modified food,

however we have tosee beyond the scope

as it can actually give

benefit to the people

-

-The researcher should

play an important role to

search more ways to

overcome or minimizethe risk or problem

relating to the genetic

modified food


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Research by Graham Brookes and Peter Barfoot

- the environmental impact of pesticide and herbicide

use in genetic modified food have been reduced by 15%and 20% respectively

-The genetic

modified foodrequire fewer

pesticides which as a

result it lowers rate

of food poisoning

and can keeps water

sources clean

-Genetic modified

food improved

production whichmean the amount of

land needed for

planting or farming is

less and therefore is

conserve theenvironment from

being explored to

much

-The genetically

modified food or

crops is moreefficient which it

cuts emissions and

save energy used

BEFORE AND AFTER


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I. Unintended Harm To Other Organisms - to create

GM plants that are male sterile (do not produce pollen)

or to modify the GM plant so that the pollen does not

contain the introduced gene.-cross-pollination would not occur, and if harmless

insects such as monarch caterpillars were to eat pollen

from GM plants, the caterpillars would survive.

II. Reduced Effectiveness Of Pesticides

-to create buffer zones around fields of GM crops

III. Gene transfer to non-target species

-Gene transfer to weeds and other crops would notoccur because the wind-blown pollen would not travel

beyond the buffer zone.


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However, we must proceedwith caution to avoidcausing unintended harmto human health and theenvironment as a result of

our enthusiasm for thispowerful technology.

Genetically-modified foods have the

potential to solve many of the world's

hunger and malnutrition problems, and to

help protect and preserve the

environment by increasing yield and

reducing reliance upon chemical

pesticides and herbicides.

Many people feel that

genetic engineering is

the inevitable wave of

the future and that wecannot afford to ignore

a technology that has

such enormous

potential benefits.

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