The Interplay Between Religious Leaders and Organ Donation Among Muslims

Rasheed, Shoaib; Padela, Aasim I.

doi:10.1111/zygo.12040

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“…Accordingly, outreach is almost always unidirectional in nature (i.e., encouraging organ donation) and runs the risk of fostering mistrust in the community when the intervention fails to address valid concerns and the plurality of religious rulings. To our knowledge, unidirectional religiously-oriented interventions in Muslim communities have proven ineffective (Bilgel et al, 1991;Bilgel, Sadikoglu, Goktas, & Bilgel, 2004;Hafzalah et al, 2014;Rasheed & Padela, 2013). The study also innovates in the terms of religious ethics education as it seeks not to have a new, local, and positive religious edict (fatwa) issued to impact Muslim attitudes, but rather focuses on group discussions.…”

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Study Protocol for ‘Informing American Muslims about Organ Donation (I AM a LD)’

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Background: American Muslims tend to hold more negative attitudes towards organ donation than other American populations, and these attitudes are contributed to by gaps in biomedical and religious knowledge. As a result, there is significant need for religiously-tailored health education on organ donation within this community. Thus our study sought to test the effectiveness of a mosque-based, religiously-tailored health education program that addressed biomedical and religious knowledge gaps regarding living organ donation amongst Muslim Americans. Methods: A randomized, controlled, cross-over trial of religiously-tailored educational workshops held at four mosques in Washington D.C. and Chicagoland. Mosques are randomized into early and late intervention arms and participants are recruited at worship services and other mosque events. The primary study outcomes are changes in biomedical and religious knowledge regarding living organ donation. Secondary outcomes include change in procedural knowledge about the process and types of living organ donation, beliefs regarding organ donation, and religious knowledge regarding end-of-life care. Funding and Ethics: This study is supported by a grant from the U.S. Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration and received ethics approval from the University of Chicago’s Biological Sciences Division Institutional Review Board.

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Study Protocol for ‘Informing American Muslims about Organ Donation (I AM a LD)’

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“…and "How important is it to me that I act according to God's approval or disapproval of my donating my organs?" 21…”

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A Mosque-Based Qualitative Study on American Muslim Women’s Organ Donation Beliefs

2020

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Introduction: Detailed studies on the associations between religious beliefs and organ donation attitudes among religious minorities remain wanting. Although Muslims appear to have low rates of support for donation, how these behaviors relate to religious frameworks requires further investigation. Methods: We sought to explore the relationship between religious beliefs (Islam) and organ donation attitudes through focus groups with 43 Muslim women from 5 Chicago-area mosques. Purposive selection of mosques generated near-equal representation of Arabs, South Asians, and African Americans, as well as diversity in education and income. Using the theory of planned behavior as our conceptual framework, we expanded the traditional normative domain to include religiously informed beliefs. Findings: We found that the relationship between religious beliefs and Muslim attitudes toward organ donation is more complex than commonly perceived. Regarding the Islamic ethicolegal permissibility of organ donation, participants expressed a range of normative beliefs. Furthermore, participants voiced concerns beyond religious permissibility, including anxieties over modesty violations during the donation process, as well as concerns about purported black market organ trade and medical risks to donors. Discussion: Given that participants raised religious, societal, and biomedical concerns regarding organ donation, our findings suggest that effective educational programs should involve nuanced curricula that teach to the plurality of Islamic ethicolegal opinions and discuss transplantation processes within the United States.

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“…Radicals invent their own version of Islam with self‐appointed leaders and the use of modern resources such as the Internet. In Islamic reasoning, we occasionally see some of the older pathways engaging a religious authority that is heteronomous and external, given, for instance, in a set of articles on Islam and biomedical ethics in Zygon two years ago (Alghrani ; Ghaly , ; Padela ; Rasheed and Padela ; Shabana ), but in the radical modernization that seems partially a matter of legitimization rather than the traditional authority. That the role of tradition assumed in those articles has become foreign to most Western readers, but seems also somewhat instrumental for such Muslim intellectuals themselves, illustrates the cultural shift regarding religion in the West.…”

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In the 60 years since IRAS was founded, and the 50 years since Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science started, science has developed enormously. More important, though less obvious, the character of religion has changed, at least in Western countries. Church membership has gone down considerably. This is not due to arguments, for example, about science and atheism, but reflects a change in sources of authority. Rather than the traditional and communal authority, an individualism that emphasizes “authenticity” characterizes religion and spirituality in our time. Less extensive but similar is the loss of authority with respect to science. As a consequence, “religion and science” might seek to provide attractive constructive proposals for visions that integrate an ethos and a worldview. IRAS might contribute by providing a platform for information and the exchange of proposals for a particular audience, while Zygon serves a global and diverse audience with well‐researched articles.

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The Interplay Between Religious Leaders and Organ Donation Among Muslims

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Study Protocol for ‘Informing American Muslims about Organ Donation (I AM a LD)’

Study Protocol for ‘Informing American Muslims about Organ Donation (I AM a LD)’

A Mosque-Based Qualitative Study on American Muslim Women’s Organ Donation Beliefs

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