Re: Evidence is insufficient to back mandatory NHS staff vaccination, says House of Lords committee
Dear Editor
As a Muslim believer and as a medical doctor, I would like to fully support Joanna Moncrieff et al in their response on 13 Dec: Evidence does not justify Mandatory vaccines...., where they put many good reasons in their argument to oppose mandatory vaccines.
Also, the strong argument against Mandatory vaccines was put eloquently by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee in the House of Lords.
I would like to add:
Muslim believers do oppose too forcibly medicating a person according to Muslim Islamic rulings (FATAWAS) in the Muslim world.
There are a lot of references for this ruling in many languages in different Muslim countries (see below a sample two references).
This human right is granted to every Muslim believer and every practising Muslim in the world including Muslim doctors, Muslim nurses and Muslim patients in the UK and in the world.
So, for Islamic reasons: a practising Muslim cannot accept at all any mandatory vaccine.
What is amazing in this ruling is the right to refuse any mandatory medicine even when the medicine itself is surely permissible (halal) safe and effective!
DR MAJID KATME
Retired medical doctor
Ex-President :Islamic Medical Association/UK
Ref:
- Islam Question and Answer islamqa.info
- abukhadeejah.com
Rapid Response:
Re: Evidence is insufficient to back mandatory NHS staff vaccination, says House of Lords committee
Dear Editor
As a Muslim believer and as a medical doctor, I would like to fully support Joanna Moncrieff et al in their response on 13 Dec: Evidence does not justify Mandatory vaccines...., where they put many good reasons in their argument to oppose mandatory vaccines.
Also, the strong argument against Mandatory vaccines was put eloquently by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee in the House of Lords.
I would like to add:
Muslim believers do oppose too forcibly medicating a person according to Muslim Islamic rulings (FATAWAS) in the Muslim world.
There are a lot of references for this ruling in many languages in different Muslim countries (see below a sample two references).
This human right is granted to every Muslim believer and every practising Muslim in the world including Muslim doctors, Muslim nurses and Muslim patients in the UK and in the world.
So, for Islamic reasons: a practising Muslim cannot accept at all any mandatory vaccine.
What is amazing in this ruling is the right to refuse any mandatory medicine even when the medicine itself is surely permissible (halal) safe and effective!
DR MAJID KATME
Retired medical doctor
Ex-President :Islamic Medical Association/UK
Ref:
- Islam Question and Answer islamqa.info
- abukhadeejah.com
Competing interests: No competing interests