Vardit Rispler‐chaim
Biographic Data
| ID | 4153565 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vardit Rispler‐chaim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vardit |
| FAMILY NAME | Rispler‐chaim |
| SIGNATURE | CHAIM V R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World: Blighted Bodies. By Kristina L. Richardson
Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World: Blighted Bodies. By Kristina L. Richardson. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012. Pp. ix + 158. $110, £65 (cloth); $40, £24.99 (paper
Ethical aspects concerning sperm smuggled by Muslim Palestinian ‘security prisoners’ out of Israeli prisons
The Role of Procreation (Injāb) in Marital Life: A Shift between Classical Islamic Law and Contemporary Fatwas
Classical Islamic marriage and divorce laws focus on both spouses’ ability to perform sexually. In fiqh texts, sexual disability is considered a serious medical condition. The fiqh literature lists certain sexual disabilities unique to men, unique to women, or shared by both sexes. Infertility ( ʿuqm ) is not found in any of these early fiqh lists, although we have proof in various Islamic religious texts that fertility and procreation have alway…
Islam and Disability: Perspectives in Theory and Jurisprudence By Mohammed Ghaly (London and New York: Routledge, 2010. 254 pages.)
Dr. Ghaly’s Islam and Disability is an important contribution to the study ofdisability in Islamic law and theology, especially since only in recent years(according to Ghaly, since 1997 [p. 3]) has this subject been treated as anindependent field of research and not much has been published on it so far.This book, based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation, combines the results ofthorough, intelligent, and meticulous research in Islamic theology, ju…
Contemporary Muftis Between Bioethics and Social Reality: Selection of the Sex of a Fetus as Paradigm
Selecting the sex of a fetus has been a desire of parents in many different cultures. Modern Muslim religious scholars have identified advantages and disadvantages of this practice, permitting it in certain cases while forbidding it in others. In general, they do not appear to desire that selection of sex become a common practice, yet they are willing to allow it for personal reasons. This case‐by‐case approach exemplifies a key aspect of Muslim …
Bioethics and Organ Transplantation in a Muslim Society: A Study in Culture, Ethnography, and Religion
Based on research by the author in 2002 on kidney transplants in a hospital in Karachi (‘the Institute’), this book makes a major contribution to the field of medical ethics. Being a ‘cultural hybrid’, as Dr Moazam describes herself (p. 173), enabled her to understand the realities of physicians and patients in a third world environment, and at the same time to compare them to the optimal ‘by the book’ conditions of transplant surgeons in the USA…
The Muslim Surgeon and Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding the Restoration of Virginity
In the last few decades surgeons have been able to perform an operation that repairs a torn hymen, and thus allows young women and girls whose hymen is not intact to reappear as virgins. Most of the ethical issues related to hymen repair surgery concern the conduct of the surgeon and the question of whether restoration of virginity is a way to deceive husbands. The status of hymen restoration surgery has been the subject of several fatwas issued …
The Right Not to Be Born: Abortion of the Disadvantaged Fetus in Contemporary Fatwas
Genetic Engineering in Contemporary Islamic Thought
The Argument Muslims share with others both the interest in and the concern about genetic engineering. Naturally their reactions and views stem from general Islamic dogma and from Islamic medical ethics, but they are not unaware of Western scientific data. Particularly relevant is the Islamic religious prohibition against “changing what Allah has created.” Muslim muftis try to offer practical solutions for individuals. Islamic law is concerned ab…
Islamic Law of Marriage and Divorce and the Disabled Person: The Case of the Epileptic Wife
Being disabled is primarily a medical problem, which may become a social problem, especially when the handicap is noticeable or when it disturbs the functioning of the individual within society. In Islamic law, in addition to the medical and social aspects, it is apparent that being handicapped raises legal issues as well. Since Islamic law encompasses all fields of life, private and public, spiritual and material, and since the handicapped are n…
Ḥasan Murād Mannāʿ, “Childbearing and the Rights of a Wife”
Islamic Medical Ethics in the Twentieth Century
Nušuz Between Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Law: The Human Rights Aspect
NUŠUZ BETWEEN MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC LAW: THE HUMAN RIGHTS ASPECT BY VARDIT RISPLER-CHAIM* onsidering the lexical meaning of nusuz, the legal term nu?liz C can be understood only as a metaphor. The verb nasaza in the dictionaries means being elevated or distancing oneself from some- thing in order to gain the advantage of height. The legal term nusuz is used to designate the rebellion of a woman against her husband, disobeying him and …
The Siwāk: A Medieval Islamic Contribution to Dental Care
The siwāk or miswāk (pi. masāwīk ) is often mentioned as a symbol for the emphasis given in medieval Islam to dental health. Although not mentioned in the Qur'ān—the prime source of legitimacy in Islam—the siwāk gained popularity through being attributed to the daily practice of the Prophet Muhammad whose advanced understanding of preventive dentistry is lauded as being only part of his general concern with preventive medicine. Even on his death …
Insurance and Semi-Insurance Transactions in Islamic History Until the 19th Century
The Right Not to Be Born: Abortion of the Disadvantaged Fetus in Contemporary Fatwas
Bioethics and Organ Transplantation in a Muslim Society: A Study in Culture, Ethnography, and Religion
Based on research by the author in 2002 on kidney transplants in a hospital in Karachi (‘the Institute’), this book makes a major contribution to the field of medical ethics. Being a ‘cultural hybrid’, as Dr Moazam describes herself (p. 173), enabled her to understand the realities of physicians and patients in a third world environment, and at the same time to compare them to the optimal ‘by the book’ conditions of transplant surgeons in the USA…
The Muslim Surgeon and Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding the Restoration of Virginity
In the last few decades surgeons have been able to perform an operation that repairs a torn hymen, and thus allows young women and girls whose hymen is not intact to reappear as virgins. Most of the ethical issues related to hymen repair surgery concern the conduct of the surgeon and the question of whether restoration of virginity is a way to deceive husbands. The status of hymen restoration surgery has been the subject of several fatwas issued …
Islamic Law of Marriage and Divorce and the Disabled Person: The Case of the Epileptic Wife
Being disabled is primarily a medical problem, which may become a social problem, especially when the handicap is noticeable or when it disturbs the functioning of the individual within society. In Islamic law, in addition to the medical and social aspects, it is apparent that being handicapped raises legal issues as well. Since Islamic law encompasses all fields of life, private and public, spiritual and material, and since the handicapped are n…
Insurance and Semi-Insurance Transactions in Islamic History Until the 19th Century
Insurance and Semi-Insurance Transactions in Islamic History Until the 19th Century
Nušuz Between Medieval and Contemporary Islamic Law: The Human Rights Aspect
NUŠUZ BETWEEN MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC LAW: THE HUMAN RIGHTS ASPECT BY VARDIT RISPLER-CHAIM* onsidering the lexical meaning of nusuz, the legal term nu?liz C can be understood only as a metaphor. The verb nasaza in the dictionaries means being elevated or distancing oneself from some- thing in order to gain the advantage of height. The legal term nusuz is used to designate the rebellion of a woman against her husband, disobeying him and …
The Siwāk: A Medieval Islamic Contribution to Dental Care
The siwāk or miswāk (pi. masāwīk ) is often mentioned as a symbol for the emphasis given in medieval Islam to dental health. Although not mentioned in the Qur'ān—the prime source of legitimacy in Islam—the siwāk gained popularity through being attributed to the daily practice of the Prophet Muhammad whose advanced understanding of preventive dentistry is lauded as being only part of his general concern with preventive medicine. Even on his death …
Ḥasan Murād Mannāʿ, “Childbearing and the Rights of a Wife”
Islamic Medical Ethics in the Twentieth Century
Islamic Law of Marriage and Divorce and the Disabled Person: The Case of the Epileptic Wife
Being disabled is primarily a medical problem, which may become a social problem, especially when the handicap is noticeable or when it disturbs the functioning of the individual within society. In Islamic law, in addition to the medical and social aspects, it is apparent that being handicapped raises legal issues as well. Since Islamic law encompasses all fields of life, private and public, spiritual and material, and since the handicapped are n…
Genetic Engineering in Contemporary Islamic Thought
The Argument Muslims share with others both the interest in and the concern about genetic engineering. Naturally their reactions and views stem from general Islamic dogma and from Islamic medical ethics, but they are not unaware of Western scientific data. Particularly relevant is the Islamic religious prohibition against “changing what Allah has created.” Muslim muftis try to offer practical solutions for individuals. Islamic law is concerned ab…
The Right Not to Be Born: Abortion of the Disadvantaged Fetus in Contemporary Fatwas
Bioethics and Organ Transplantation in a Muslim Society: A Study in Culture, Ethnography, and Religion
Based on research by the author in 2002 on kidney transplants in a hospital in Karachi (‘the Institute’), this book makes a major contribution to the field of medical ethics. Being a ‘cultural hybrid’, as Dr Moazam describes herself (p. 173), enabled her to understand the realities of physicians and patients in a third world environment, and at the same time to compare them to the optimal ‘by the book’ conditions of transplant surgeons in the USA…
The Muslim Surgeon and Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding the Restoration of Virginity
In the last few decades surgeons have been able to perform an operation that repairs a torn hymen, and thus allows young women and girls whose hymen is not intact to reappear as virgins. Most of the ethical issues related to hymen repair surgery concern the conduct of the surgeon and the question of whether restoration of virginity is a way to deceive husbands. The status of hymen restoration surgery has been the subject of several fatwas issued …
Contemporary Muftis Between Bioethics and Social Reality: Selection of the Sex of a Fetus as Paradigm
Selecting the sex of a fetus has been a desire of parents in many different cultures. Modern Muslim religious scholars have identified advantages and disadvantages of this practice, permitting it in certain cases while forbidding it in others. In general, they do not appear to desire that selection of sex become a common practice, yet they are willing to allow it for personal reasons. This case‐by‐case approach exemplifies a key aspect of Muslim …
Islam and Disability: Perspectives in Theory and Jurisprudence By Mohammed Ghaly (London and New York: Routledge, 2010. 254 pages.)
Dr. Ghaly’s Islam and Disability is an important contribution to the study ofdisability in Islamic law and theology, especially since only in recent years(according to Ghaly, since 1997 [p. 3]) has this subject been treated as anindependent field of research and not much has been published on it so far.This book, based on the author’s Ph.D. dissertation, combines the results ofthorough, intelligent, and meticulous research in Islamic theology, ju…
Ethical aspects concerning sperm smuggled by Muslim Palestinian ‘security prisoners’ out of Israeli prisons
The Role of Procreation (Injāb) in Marital Life: A Shift between Classical Islamic Law and Contemporary Fatwas
Classical Islamic marriage and divorce laws focus on both spouses’ ability to perform sexually. In fiqh texts, sexual disability is considered a serious medical condition. The fiqh literature lists certain sexual disabilities unique to men, unique to women, or shared by both sexes. Infertility ( ʿuqm ) is not found in any of these early fiqh lists, although we have proof in various Islamic religious texts that fertility and procreation have alway…
Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World: Blighted Bodies. By Kristina L. Richardson
Difference and Disability in the Medieval Islamic World: Blighted Bodies. By Kristina L. Richardson. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2012. Pp. ix + 158. $110, £65 (cloth); $40, £24.99 (paper
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