Coronavirus Vaccine: Is it Halal or not?
asad mirza @Marginalia Jan 10, 2021, 17:46 IST
It is not only the Muslims, even Hindus and Jews have raised questions about the use of the Covid-19 vaccine, due to prohibited substances in its composition.
Even before the Covid-19 vaccination process starts in India. The Indian Muslims have courted another controversy. The question is whether they’ll be amenable to get vaccinated or not, as there are reports that the proposed vaccines may not be halal as per the Islamic dietary laws.
Muslims, Jews and even Hindus have questioned the composition of the proposed vaccines developed by Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Even as India is scrambling to start the coronavirus vaccination drive, Muslims have raised concern over the use of pork products forbidden in Islam and Judaism, while the Hindus have questioned the inclusion of cow blood in the vaccine.
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When audacity of immorality is at issue, the celebrated case of Smith v Hughes is always referenced. It is also used to explain the mischief rule in law. By the 19th century, the English society had become so notorious for the infiltration and embarrassment caused it by commercial s3x workers on the streets of London. Prostitution had become a profession of its own and takes a prime place of consideration. In 1791, a police magistrate was said to have estimated the number of prostitutes in London alone as 50,000. They had become such an embarrassment that a surgeon, Lord Acton, said he counted 185 of them on his way home one night. Thus, to curtail this embarrassment, the 1959 Act was promulgated by the English law to tackle the menace. Section 1(1) of the Act prohibited a prostitute from offering her services “in a street or public place.”
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