The gaps in fatwa on intersex corrective surgery: Some reflections in the context of Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mohd Badrol, Muhammad Afif, Awang, Abdul Bari, Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah, Zainuddin, Ani Amelia
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: IIUM Press 2018
• Subjects: KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects; KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/63807/2/Acceptance%20Letter%20-%20Intellectual%20Discourse.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63807/9/63807_The%20gaps%20in%20fatwa%20on%20intersex%20corrective%20surgery.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63807/14/63807_The%20gaps%20in%20fatwa%20on%20intersex%20corrective%20surgery_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63807/21/63807_The%20gaps%20in%20fatwa%20on%20intersex%20corrective%20surgery_WoS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63807/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Intersex being a birth impairment in human babies is a fact of human precreation. Opposed to normal birth of humans as males and females incidents of babies with vague gender identity have perturbed people and families as to how to socially place them within the binary system of men and women in the...