Legislating for the Benefit of Children Born Out of Wedlock


This paper juxtaposes bioethical debates with legal developments concerning children born out of wedlock in Jordan, Egypt, and Tunisia; it seeks to demonstrate the relevance of national contexts for the study of Islamic bioethics. Debates about the import of genetic testing on Islamic notions of lin...

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Published in:Die Welt des Islams
Main Author: Bentlage, Björn 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2015, Volume: 55, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 378-412
Further subjects:B bioethics
 DNA
 lineage
 personal status
 legislation
 Egypt
 Jordan
 Tunisia
 children born out of wedlock

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