Hasan Shanawani: Islam and Ethics

Islam is a religion followed by nearly a quarter of the world’s population. What are the textual sources for most mainstream Muslims around the world? How are good and evil designated? What are the controversies, both historic and current, among Muslim scholars and laypeople? Does Islam have a living spokesman for God or His messengers? Hasan Shanawani, MPH MD, is a lecturer at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, a writer on Islam and bioethics, and a member of the ethics council for the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA). He most recently spoke at the University of Florida on Islam and bioethics, and has written several papers on Islam and ethics.