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Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity

The birth of people with confused or ambiguous sex makeup as a biological fact since the annals of history has posed the challenge of accommodating them within the binary gender of sociocultural systems. In this process, the role of religion as a defining factor in social engineering has been par...

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Main Authors: Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi, Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
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Language:English
Published: Springer 2014
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BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BR Christianity
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spelling my.iium.irep.37536 http://irep.iium.edu.my/37536/ Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah BF Psychology BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc BR Christianity The birth of people with confused or ambiguous sex makeup as a biological fact since the annals of history has posed the challenge of accommodating them within the binary gender of sociocultural systems. In this process, the role of religion as a defining factor in social engineering has been paramount. Major religions, such as Islam and Christianity, have addressed this issue within the frame of their God-ordained laws by devising a set of moral and legal imperatives specific to the ‘‘third gender.’’ Modern developments in medicine and biology, however, have made sex reassignment possible for this category of people, today called transsexuals. The question is: How do Islam and Christianity respond to it. After presenting an analytical view of both Muslim scholars and Christian religious authorities on the legitimacy of sex reassignment for transsexuals, this paper attempts to explore if such a dilemma can be resolved. Springer 2014-04-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37536/1/Sex_Reassignment_Technology.pdf Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi and Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2014) Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity. Journal of Religion and Health, 53 (2). pp. 520-537. ISSN 0022-4197 (P), 1573-6751 (O) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10943-012-9656-z 10.1007/s10943-012-9656-z
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topic BF Psychology
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BR Christianity
spellingShingle BF Psychology
BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
BR Christianity
Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
description The birth of people with confused or ambiguous sex makeup as a biological fact since the annals of history has posed the challenge of accommodating them within the binary gender of sociocultural systems. In this process, the role of religion as a defining factor in social engineering has been paramount. Major religions, such as Islam and Christianity, have addressed this issue within the frame of their God-ordained laws by devising a set of moral and legal imperatives specific to the ‘‘third gender.’’ Modern developments in medicine and biology, however, have made sex reassignment possible for this category of people, today called transsexuals. The question is: How do Islam and Christianity respond to it. After presenting an analytical view of both Muslim scholars and Christian religious authorities on the legitimacy of sex reassignment for transsexuals, this paper attempts to explore if such a dilemma can be resolved.
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author Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
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title Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_short Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_full Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_fullStr Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_full_unstemmed Sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in Islam and Christianity
title_sort sex reassignment technology: the dilemma of transsexuals in islam and christianity
publisher Springer
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/37536/1/Sex_Reassignment_Technology.pdf
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