Call for Research Papers
Islamic Ethics and the Genome Question
April 3-5, 2017
Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE)
Doha, Qatar
Background Paper
The  20th  century  has  been  called  the  century  of  the  gene, reaching  a  pinnacle  moment  at the beginning  of  the 21st century. This  was on  26 June 2000 when  the  US  president Bill Clinton highlighted the  successful  completion  of  the first  ever survey  of  the entire  human  genome, epitomized  in the  Human  Genome  Project.  This  breathtaking incident  was  compared  to  the “moonshot”, equivalent to the meticulous planning through to the successful landing of humans on the moon and to the splitting of the atom. In contrast, some critical voices have cautioned against the unfounded  or  exaggerated  genomic exceptionalism represented  in a sometimes pervasive tendency to hype up the impact of genomics, especially with regards to healthcare. Both the rise of genomics as a research field and the intense debate surrounding its potential impact on healthcare have  generated an unstoppable flow  of  deep  and  complex  ethical  questions,  which  we have incorporated  here under  the broad heading of  the “Genome  Question”, referred  to  henceforth  as the GQ.
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Deadline: August 16, 2016