Posted on 01/29/2007 11:02:10 AM PST by SJackson
A MUSLIM doctors’ leader has provoked an outcry by urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella because it is “un-Islamic”.
Dr Abdul Majid Katme, head of the Islamic Medical Association, is telling Muslims that almost all vaccines contain products derived from animal and human tissue, which make them “haram”, or unlawful for Muslims to take. Islam permits only the consumption of halal products, where the animal has had its throat cut and bled to death while God’s name is invoked.
Islam also forbids the eating of any pig meat, which Katme says is another reason why vaccines should be avoided, as some contain or have been made using pork-based gelatine.
His warning has been criticised by the Department of Health and the British Medical Association, who said Katme risked increasing infections ranging from flu and measles to polio and diphtheria in Muslim communities.
Katme, a psychiatrist who has worked in the National Health Service for 15 years, wields influence as the head of one of only two national Islamic medical organisations as well as being a member of the Muslim Council of Britain. Moderate Muslims are concerned at the potential impact because other Islamic doctors will have to confirm vaccines are derived from animal and human products.
There is already evidence of lower than average vaccination rates in Muslim areas, reducing the prospect of the “herd immunity” needed to curb infectious diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella. Katme’s appeal reflects a global movement by some hardline Islamic leaders who are telling followers torefuse vaccines from the West.
In Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India, Muslims have refused to be immunised against polio after being told that the vaccines contain products that the West has deliberately added to make the recipients infertile.
Katme said he was bringing the message to Britain after analysing the products used for the manufacture of the vaccines. He claimed that Muslims must allow their children to develop their own immune system naturally rather than rely on vaccines.
He argued that leading “Islamically healthy lives” would be enough to ward off illnesses and diseases.
“You see, God created us perfect and with a very strong defence system. If you breast-feed 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,” he said.
“Many vaccines, especially those given to children, are full of haram substances — human parts, gelatine from pork, alcohol, animal/monkey parts, all coming from the West who do not have knowledge of halal or haram. It is forbidden in Islam to have any of these haram substances in our bodies.”
Katme singled out vaccines such as MMR as ones to avoid, despite doctors saying that they are essential to keep a baby healthy. Others included those for diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and meningitis.
Dr Shuja Shafi, a spokesman for the health and medical committee of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “In terms of ingredients in vaccines, there are so many things that are probably haram, but in the absence of an alternative we are allowed to take it for the sake of our health.”
lol.
But failed. And their reasoning was not a secret conspiracy to wipe out their denomination.
They don't respect their own lives enough to advance health care. Very primitive.
oh boy, the new version of the suicide bomber.
don't vaccinate the kids, they get sick, and pass it around to others.
That is the point; they want their children educated in Muslim madrassa schools.
LOL! He has a way of making profane statements memorable.
Good. Stupid muslims.
Unless you are an illegal alien and the school would much rather have state and/or federal money per warm body.
Indeed. (I see, though, that I left an 'a' out of the second expletive. D*mn!)
If they want disease, fine, but why do they have to spread it here?
I will bet you that when the issue raises its head here that we will find a way to permit their un vaccinated children to snuggle in the classrooms with our children.
Think appeasement, Froufrou. Appeasement, appeasement, appeasement, appeasement, appeasement. Keep saying it over and over until you have no objections to changing our culture to theirs. Then you will find peace.
How about allowing Muslims to have an exception to MMR vaccines. Then when the virus strikes, only the Muslims have the pain of dealing with it.
IF we enforced some reasonable immigration laws we would be safe.
Seems rationale. The four humors can be adjusted with a good bleeding. Of course we'll check the diagnosis with a state of the art MRI before applying the leeches.
A good parable for what we are about to set this irrational bag of anacronisms loose to play with - nuclear weapons. Brilliant!
I already have peace. And I have a piece of my mind I'd like to share with 'the management' about our immigration problems...at least we listen to each other here.
Shut up Britain. You are under our command now, all that peace and love and tolerance you have felt so big and gushy about all these years. Now YOU will learn Islamic Law and suffer the 16th diseases that have plagued our countries for years because we are idiots.
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