Vardit Rispler-Chaim

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Vardit Rispler-Chaim teaches Islamic studies at the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her main fields of research and publication are...view moreVardit Rispler-Chaim teaches Islamic studies at the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her main fields of research and publication are Islamic law, Islamic medical ethics, human rights in Islam, and Qurʼan and commentaries. She has published more than thirty articles on the position of Islamic ethics on topics such as abortion, genetic engineering, postmortem examinations, the beginning of life, selecting the sex of the embryo, restoration of virginity, replantation of amputated organs, and more. She is the author of two books and the editor of two books in the areas of medical ethics and disability and Islamic law.view less