Tracing the ‘Pig’ in Vaccines
The Indonesian Ulema Council has decided the meningitis vaccines made in Italy and China is permissible by Islamic law. This decision rules out the Belgian-made vaccine previously used and declared forbidden. However, the process of creating the three products has indicated the same source.
August 4, 2010
MINISTER of Health Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih busily convened a meeting in her office in Kuningan, Jakarta, on Tuesday two weeks ago. It followed a phone call from Minister of Religious Affairs Suryadharma Ali the day before.
No less controversial was what happened in the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) office on Jalan Proklamasi, Central Jakarta, on the same day. MUI Chairman Ma’ruf Amin held a press conference to declare the meningitis vacci
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