[extropy-chat] Ultra-hard-line Islam report on bioethics

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Robert Lindauer <robgobblin at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jul 23, 2005, at 7:26 AM, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > --- Joseph Bloch <jbloch at humanenhancement.com> wrote:
> >
> >>  From the folks who want to re-establish the Caliphate and quite
> >> literally conquer the world:
> >>
> >> http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.org/english/books/pdfs/cloning.pdf
> >>
> >>
> 
> Oy vey, and here they are on "our side" - and look at the names on
> the roster, a veritable who's who of the Republican Party:
> 
> http://www.newamericancentury.org/
> 
> Remember, our "them" is their "us".  The first step toward peace is 
> recognizing your enemy is relevantly like you.  The most foolish 
> mistakes made in war are when you think your enemy isn't relevantly 
> like you.

If you actually read that report, the islamic group is only for fetal
cloning (twins), stem cell therapy, and transplanting non-critical
organs from live persons, everything else, most fertility treatment,
cloning for cryonicists, etc are all Haram. They are not on "our side".

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com

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