Summary
UN-sponsored book on Islamic views on family planning
Muslim women rarely used birth control methods because they believed that these methods are forbidden under Islamic law. The UN Population Fund is sponsoring the publication of a book entitled Family Planning in the Legacy of Islam to combat ignorance of Islamic law on the part of women who refuse to adopt birth control methods. The book shows that contraception has been endorsed by Islam for several centuries now. The book is expected to be distributed to Muslim countries around the world.See the full content of this document
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Islam and birth control: not a moral conflict.
ABOUT HALF THE world's female population uses some form of birth control. In more developed countries, the figure runs even higher -- up to 72%. Still, the choice to control her own destiny and the size of her family is a basic human right that eludes many women in the Muslim world.
Indeed, it is a basic human right that many Musli...See the full content of this document
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