Shia and Sunni Jurisprudential Views on the Issues Related to Human Reproductive Cloning

Animal reproductive cloning is one of the most amazing achievements of the modern time. From the moment that the first animal was cloned, religious circles in different countries and from different religions have dealt with various dimensions of the probable production of human using the new technology in near future. Destructive social effects resulted from this new advancement are included among the objections raised against it. This article is aimed at studying the jurisprudential views of the Shia and Sunni scholars on the social consequences of human reproductive cloning. Destroying the tradition of heterogeny, distorting the gender population balance, production of humans without identity, destruction of family foundation, human population explosion on the planet and the shortage of food, are the most significant social consequences about Human Reproductive Cloning. After presenting the opinions of Sunni scholars regarding this issue, the views of the Shia scholars will be expressed and studied in an analytical comparative way.