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The Shariah Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Thursday issued guidelines on the permissibility of using Covid-19 vaccines under Islamic law following some reports that pork fat was used in them. The source of ingredients of the popular vaccines, which have been made public, is not yet known with certainty. After becoming fully aware of it, guidelines regarding its use or non-use will be issued, the JIH said in a statement.
Noting that various pharmaceutical companies worldwide are finalising Covid-19 vaccines and even several countries have started their mass immunisation programmes, while Indian health authorities has also announced that vaccination will begin soon and multinational companies have requested the government to allow them to use the vaccine, it said that the reports of the extract of pork fat in vaccines have raised concerns among Muslims.