Muslim Doctor in UK: Vaccine ingredients are haram.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2570067,00.htmlMuslim urged to shun 'unholy' vaccinesAbul TaherA MUSLIM doctors’ leader has provoked an outcry by urging British Muslimsnot to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps andrubella because it is “un-Islamic”.Dr Abdul Majid Katme, head of the Islamic Medical Association, is tellingMuslims that almost all vaccines contain products derived from animal andhuman tissue, which make them “haram”, or unlawful for Muslims to take.Islam permits only the consumption of halal products, where the animal hashad 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 anotherreason why vaccines should be avoided, as some contain or have been

madeusing pork-based gelatine.His warning has been criticised by the Department of Health and the BritishMedical Association, who said Katme risked increasing infections rangingfrom flu and measles to polio and diphtheria in Muslim communities.Katme, a psychiatrist who has worked in the National Health Service for 15years, wields influence as the head of one of only two national Islamicmedical organisations as well as being a member of the Muslim Council ofBritain. Moderate Muslims are concerned at the potential impact becauseother Islamic doctors will have to confirm vaccines are derived from animaland human products.There is already evidence of lower than average vaccination rates in Muslimareas, reducing the prospect of the “herd immunity” needed to curbinfectious diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella.Katme’s appeal reflects a global movement by some hardline Islamic leaderswho are telling

followers to refuse vaccines from the West.In Nigeria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India, Muslims have refusedto be immunised against polio after being told that the vaccines containproducts that the West has deliberately added to make the recipientsinfertile.Katme said he was bringing the message to Britain after analysing theproducts used for the manufacture of the vaccines. He claimed that Muslimsmust allow their children to develop their own immune system naturallyrather than rely on vaccines.He argued that leading “Islamically healthy lives” would be enough to wardoff illnesses and diseases.“You see, God created us perfect and with a very strong defence system. Ifyou breast-feed your child for two years — as the Koran says — and you eatKoranic food like olives and black seed, and you do ablution each time youpray, then you will have a strong defence system,” he

said.“Many vaccines, especially those given to children, are full of haramsubstances — human parts, gelatine from pork, alcohol, animal/monkey parts,all coming from the West who do not have knowledge of halal or haram. It isforbidden in Islam to have any of these haram substances in our bodies.”Katme singled out vaccines such as MMR as ones to avoid, despite doctorssaying that they are essential to keep a baby healthy. Others included thosefor diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis and meningitis.Dr Shuja Shafi, a spokesman for the health and medical committee of theMuslim Council of Britain, said: “In terms of ingredients in vaccines, thereare so many things that are probably haram, but in the absence of analternative we are allowed to take it for the sake of our health.”"When it comes to understanding disease

process and the true nature of what a real healing process is, modern medicine sadly lingers in ignorance. The pathetic thing is that this ignorance is promoted, fed and maintained by the profit motive. I realize that modern medicine is a business and not a healing art. Health and healing is bad for business." - Comment on a medical forum.

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