AIDS Asia. 1995 Jul-Aug;2(4):20.
For the first time Muslim scholars took a stand on AIDS and issued draft fatwas. The fatwas ban abortion for mothers suffering from AIDS and decree that AIDS carriers who knowingly transmit the disease should be killed if their victims die. After four days of discussion in Abu Dhabi, some 150 Muslim scholars and sheikhs, who form the Council of Islamic Jurisprudence, took a unanimous stand on AIDS and issued draft fatwas. "Abortion is totally forbidden by Islam", they said, and added that mothers who have AIDS should not be separated from their children and should breast feed and bring up their children, unless a medical report advises against it. The scholars, who represent the Islamic ministries of the Organization of Islamic States decreed that AIDS carriers who knowingly transmit the deadly disease must be given punishments for premeditated murder if the recipient dies. Draft fatwas become law in countries applying the Shariat law and must be issued by the Islamic authorities in the countries concerned. One very important element of the decree was that they stressed that it is unacceptable to isolate AIDS victims.
穆斯林学者首次就艾滋病问题表明立场并发布了法特瓦草案。这些法特瓦禁止为感染艾滋病的母亲实施堕胎，并规定明知自己携带艾滋病病毒而传播该疾病的携带者，如果其受害者死亡，应当被处死。在阿布扎比进行了四天的讨论后，约150名构成伊斯兰教法理事会的穆斯林学者和教长就艾滋病问题达成了一致立场，并发布了法特瓦草案。他们表示：“伊斯兰教完全禁止堕胎”，并补充说感染艾滋病的母亲不应与孩子分离，应该进行母乳喂养并抚养孩子，除非有医学报告建议不要这样做。这些代表伊斯兰国家组织各伊斯兰部委的学者们规定，明知自己携带致命疾病而传播该疾病的艾滋病携带者，如果接受者死亡，必须以预谋杀人罪论处。法特瓦草案在适用伊斯兰教法的国家成为法律，并且必须由相关国家的伊斯兰当局发布。该法令一个非常重要的内容是，他们强调隔离艾滋病受害者是不可接受的。
