End of life

Call for Research Papers

End-of-Life Care (EoLC) and the Islamic Moral Tradition

20-22 October 2020, Qatar

The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) invites academic researchers and scholars to submit their research papers to its seminar on End-of-Life Care (EoLC) and Islamic Ethics on 18-20 October 2020 in Doha, Qatar.

Several months ago, a child was born at a hospital in Doha with several birth defects, including a misfunctioning heart and kidney. The physicians and parents knew there was hardly anything to do to save the newborn, but the parents were not sure if the child’s life support should be removed, fearing it might be considered a sin in Islam.