Human Rights and Bioethics in the Quranic Perspective (Raboan Discussion Forum)

Yogyakarta – Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities (CBMH UGM) held the Raboan discussion forum on Wednesday (03/11). This regular discussion forum raised an interesting theme Human Rights and the Perspective of the Qur’an.

CBMH collaborated with  Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS UIN Sunan Kalijaga) and invited Prof. Syafaatun Almirzanah Ph.D, a professor in the field of Islamic Studies and the head of CRCS UIN Sunan Kalijaga as a speaker. Meanwhile dr. Nur Azid Mahadinata acts as a moderator who guides the discussion.

Prof. Syafaatun who is also called Prof. Shafa started the discussion by explaining the values ​​of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in the Quran. According to Prof. Safa, the Quran has accommodated UDHR values. As one of them is stated in the letter Al-Isra verse 70.

“Really, we have glorified every human being” said Prof. Safa quoted a verse from the Quran.

Prof. Shafa said that the implementation of human rights values ​​must be carried out with individual obligations. This notion is related to the science of Bioethics which is morally responsible for professionals.

The science of Bioethics was born out of a deep concern for human suffering. However, in reality, the science of Bioethics is still based on secular rational thinking. Thus according to Prof. Shafa’s Bioethics science becomes less responsive in dealing with suffering.

“We moved from thick bioethics to thin bioethics,” added Prof. Shafa.

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