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  1. The Lesser of Two Evils: Application of Maslahah-Mafsadah Criteria in Islamic Ethical-Legal Assessment of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in Malaysia.Ahmad Firdhaus Arham, Nur Asmadayana Hasim, Mohd Istajib Mokhtar, Nurhafiza Zainal, Noor Sharizad Rusly, Latifah Amin, Shaikh Mohd Saifuddeen, Muhammad Adzran Che Mustapa & Zurina Mahadi - 2022 - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 19 (4):587-598.
    The release of over 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes (GMM) into uninhabited Malaysian forests in 2010 was a frantic step on the part of the Malaysian government to combat the spread of dengue fever. The field trial was designed to control and reduce the dengue vector by producing offspring that die in the early developmental stage, thus decreasing the local Aedes aegypti population below the dengue transmission threshold. However, the GMM trials were discontinued in Malaysia despite being technologically feasible. The lack (...)
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