Genetically Modified Humans?

[revert88]

So apparently,

There have been babies born with 3 parents genetic material which is astounding!

to quote from the article

"The world's first geneticallymodified humans have been created, it was revealed last night.The disclosure that 30 healthy babies were born after a series of experiments in the United States provoked another furious debate about ethics.So far, two of the babies have been tested and have been found to contain genes from three 'parents"

this was from daily mail in the UK. What is the Islamic viewpoint of this? I am curious ever since it has so many elements to it from DNA from one parent to even deleting some genes!​

 

[Karl]

Selective breeding is ok and has been going on for ages but genetic modification by maniplulation of DNA must be wrong. Wouldn't that be considered playing God?

 

[sister herb]

Salam alaykum

I read about this idea years ago from books of one Finnish scientist, who really believed that DNA of humans is open material and have to modify (the only way how human race could live forever, maybe later in the some other planet). It sounded scary to me - like that parents could decide what kind of child they will get; genious of mathematics, music, science... decide before his birth what kind of character he will have, what kind of life he will get...

Sounds scary. hew

 

[revert88]

Well I agree that would be scary!

but what if it prevented genetic diseases? It's such a slippery slope. InshaAllah all will be towards the good of mankind

 

[Futuwwa]

Selective breeding is ok and has been going on for ages but genetic modification by maniplulation of DNA must be wrong. Wouldn't that be considered playing God?

What exactly constitutes "playing God" and on what basis do we deem it haraam?

 

[Icy Maiden]

So apparently,

There have been babies born with 3 parents genetic material which is astounding!

to quote from the article

"The world's first geneticallymodified humans have been created, it was revealed last night.The disclosure that 30 healthy babies were born after a series of experiments in the United States provoked another furious debate about ethics.So far, two of the babies have been tested and have been found to contain genes from three 'parents"

this was from daily mail in the UK. What is the Islamic viewpoint of this? I am curious ever since it has so many elements to it from DNA from one parent to even deleting some genes!​

That sounds horrid. :skeleton:

What would the lives of those children be like being born in such a way?

 

[Karl]

What exactly constitutes "playing God" and on what basis do we deem it haraam?

Playing God by manipulating life at a molecular genetic level, intelligent design.
Well I believe humans went off the rails by becoming civilised. Leaving a hunter gatherer culture to one of control your inhabitants, habitat and agriculture. A will to power, control and dominion over all things on Earth even life at a molecular level. The difficulty here is to know if progress is good or evil and whom does it really serve?

Genetic modification does seem to be an afront to Gods creation in my opinion. I am not sure if it is Haram or not but it maybe akin to the Dark Arts.