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UAE Fatwa Council says COVID-19 vaccine with pork gelatin permissible for Muslims
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The United Arab Emirates highest Islamic authority, the UAE Fatwa Council, has ruled that coronavirus vaccines are permissible for Muslims even if they contain pork gelatin.
The ruling follows growing alarm that the use of pork gelatin, a common vaccine ingredient, may hamper vaccination among Muslims who consider the consumption of pork products haram , or forbidden under Islamic law.
As companies race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and countries scramble to secure doses, questions about the use of pork products - banned by some religious groups - has raised concerns about the possibility of disrupted immunisation campaigns.
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Updated: Dec 22, 2020, 05:18 PM IST
With the world fighting the coronavirus pandemic and pharma companies are in the race to develop COVID-19 vaccine, Muslim countries around the world have raised concerns regarding the use of pork-gelatin in these vaccines. These concerns comes in the wake of pork-derived gelatin, being widely used as a stabilizer in vaccines to ensure that they remain safe and effective during storage and transport, Associated Press reported.
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Dec 22, 2020, 11:12 AM IST
NEW DELHI: While companies across the world are racing to develop COVID-19 vaccine and countries scrambling to secure doses, some religious communities have raised concerns about the use of pork products in the vaccine. Usage or consumption of pork products is banned in some religious groups, say Muslims and Jews.
Rumours across the world have been making rounds that pork meat has been used in developing the Coronavirus vaccine, and subsequently, leading to a debate among the Muslim community about getting the vaccine shot. However, some Muslim scholars have observed that in the Quran, the use of haram items has been allowed to save a person s life.