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Rabat - There is not text in the Quaran or any prophetic saying that provide specific guidance on whether to prohibit or allow the termination of pregnancies in Islam, said Ahmed El Khamlichi, Director of Dar Al Hadith Al Hassania during a meeting on reforming the Moroccan law on abortion organized on Monday by the Moroccan Association of the Fight Against Clandestine Abortion (AMLAC) in the capital Rabat.
El Khamlichi's comments on the issue which he emphasized do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of Dar Al Hadith Al Hassania, a school of Islamic Studies, indicate that there is far from a consensus that Muslims oppose to abortion.
Between those who say that supporting abortion rights can be compatible with Islam and call for its legalization on different grounds like ensuring that it is done in healthy conditions, or others who think that abortion is a punishable sin that is not compatible with being a devout Muslim, the door for debate and exchange of opinions on the issue remains wide open.
According to news website Alyaoum24, El Khamlichi said that there is no explicit provision on abortion in the Quran, the Muslim's holy book, or in the prophet's hadiths (sayings), adding that abortion is a social problem that develops over time and which has shown that applying a single religious text on it could be a very laborious task.
He cited verses of the Quran which he said were narrowly interpreted by some scholars. He added that among the scholars there are those who prohibit abortion once the egg is fertilized and others who argue that abortion can be permissible during the first 120 days of the pregnancy.
Recent figures have revealed that 24 out of 153 babies born out of wedlock every day in Morocco are being abandoned. The study conducted between 2003 and 2004 estimates the number of unwed mothers in Morocco at 200 thousands and the number of births out of wedlock at 500 thousands.
The percentage of children born to unmarried mothers currently stands at 13.46 percent of the total births in the kingdom, added the study.
AMLAC estimates the number of abortions carried out by doctors each day at 600, and some 200 non-medical abortions.
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