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In this episode Muslim intellectual Dr. Javad Hashmi refutes pro-choice arguments made by famous Islamic scholars.
Javad T. Hashmi is a board-certified emergency physician, former Fellow of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, and a PhD candidate in the Study of Religion (Islamic Studies) at Harvard University. In addition to his medical training, Dr. Hashmi holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Arabic & Islamic Studies from U.C. Berkeley and Harvard respectively.
Related Links:
Watch the first episode with Javad:
https://youtu.be/mcsTsOna-A4
AltMuslimah: “I am a Muslim Woman and I chose to Have an Abortion”
Dr. Irving in International Journal of Scoiology and Social Policy: “When do Human Beings Begin? ‘Scientific’ Myths and Scientific Facts”
The statistics on why women have abortions was quoted from Abort73.com/s U.S. Abortion Statistics page, which is quoting the Guttmacher Institute’s 2004 survey of 1,209 post-abortive women
(Abort73)
(Guttmacher Survey Table – PDF)
Hamza Yusuf: “When Does a Human Fetus Become Human?”
YouTube clip #1: Abortion in Islam | Animation
https://youtu.be/B6iUY1kks-s
Dr. Omar Suleiman: Islam and the Abortion Debate:
YouTube clip #2: Islamic Ruling On Abortion due to Medical Reasons
https://youtu.be/yY6n7glG6Y0
YouTube clip #3: Is Abortion permissible in Islam or not? – Sheikh Assimalhakeem
https://youtu.be/-Z6DygN6IJI
BeautifulIslam.net (South Asia article): Abortion and Doctor’s Situation
Islam Question & Answer: Ruling on aborting a pregnancy in the early stages
YouTube clip #4: The Ruling on Abortion | Mufti Abu Layth
https://youtu.be/SU9McOtBDT8
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: Islam and Reproductive Choice
ERI Bodily Rights landing page:
https://EqualRightsInstitute.com/BodilyRights/
Follow Javad at https://twitter.com/DrJavadTHashmi
Chapters:
- 0:00 Introducing Javad
- 1:52 Muslim opinion polls on abortion
- 3:13 Javad’s view vs. how Muslims typically think about abortion
- 6:14 Josh clarifies Javad’s view
- 9:45 How science intersects with the abortion debate
- 10:24 Why women have abortions
- 12:48 Javad’s more liberal views on women’s rights within Islam
- 15:39 Wrapping up on statistics
- 16:41 Another pro-life Muslim scholar
- 18:01 Introducing YouTube clip #1
- 19:29 On Muslims believing the soul is breathed into the fetus at 120 days after conception
- 21:40 Next clip
- 21:48 On Muslim clerics not permitting abortion for financial reasons
- 24:43 Next clip
- 25:00 Muslim leaders sometimes say they are more pro-life than they actually are
- 26:02 Next clip
- 26:12 Responding to rape and fetal deformity exceptions
- 30:26 Next clip
- 30:52 More essentially pro-choice policies of Muslim clerics
- 31:31 Different Muslim views of ensoulment
- 36:38 Dr. Suleiman calls his position “neutral”, but is it really?
- 38:51 Next clip (including setup)
- 40:38 On Muslim cleric’s misrepresentation of Catholics on life of the mother exceptions
- 43:22 On common inconsistencies in Muslim’s views on abortion
- 45:08 Responding to the viability argument
- 46:54 Javad on pointing Muslims toward Christian philosophy
- 47:28 Next clip
- 47:54 More inconsistency
- 48:09 Next clip
- 51:32 This Muslim cleric says that 80 days after conception matters!
- 54:05 Pro-choice issues from even conservative, traditionalist Muslims in South Asia
- 55:16 More pro-choice positions from a conservative Muslim website
- 56:37 Setting up clip from a “bad boy” liberal Muslim making weak pro-choice arguments
- 57:54 Next clip
- 1:00:15 Responding to “I’m not going to force my views on others” argument
- 1:02:06 Responding to “nobody chooses abortion lightly”
- 1:04:46 Next clip
- 1:07:43 Responding to the “gradations of life” idea
- 1:12:48 Quick reviews of other Muslim videos and articles
- 1:18:13 Bodily autonomy arguments
- 1:27:34 What caused Javad to begin reconsidering his views on abortion?
Equal Rights Institute Website:
https://EqualRightsInstitute.com
Equal Rights Institute Blog:
https://equalrightsinstitute.com/
Equipped for Life Course:
https://EquippedCourse.com
Sidewalk Counseling Masterclass:
http://SidewalkCounselingMasterclass.com
Host: Josh Brahm
Guest: Dr. Javad T. Hashmi
Audio/Video Editor: Chapter One Films & Josh Brahm
Publisher: Jen Westmoreland
