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ISLAMIC VIEW ON ABORTION In principle, the Koran condemns the killing of humans (except in the case of defense or as capital punishment), but it does not explicitly mention abortion. This leads Islamic theologians to take up different viewpoints: while the majority of early Islamic theologians permitted abortion up to day 40 of pregnancy or even up to day 120, many countries today interpret these precepts protecting unborn children more conservatively. Although there is no actual approval of abortion in the world of Islam, there is no strict, unanimous ban on it, either. The Koran is based not only on the assumption that the first humans - Adam and his wife - were created by God, but also on the assumption that every individual is one of God's creatures, is His property and servant. It is therefore fundamentally not up to the created individual to determine single-handedly the length of his...

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