A video recently appeared about a man who identifies as a Muslim, trying to discourage people from taking the COVID-19 vaccine, which is being released around the world because it is “not halal.”
The man claims that the vaccine will harm people in the community, that the vaccine is “haram haram haram” (something that is forbidden in Islam) and that it is grown from aborted fetuses.
The man in the video then continues to confront another man before shouting at other Muslims that they are “sold-out” and says, “You infect our people, that’s what you do. Do not take the vaccine, please do not take the vaccine, it is poison. “
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The man claims that the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine, which is launched in the UK and now in the US, is made using DNA from pigs, monkeys and “all kinds of other animals”. He also says it causes infertility and adds that the cage contains heavy metals.
He says, “These metals will travel in us [human body] systems. It will travel in the brain. People will lose their minds, develop tumors, brain cancer. “
Towards the end of the video, he says that his claims are “proven by health experts and I mean I’m talking about the World Alliance of Physicians! The World Alliance of Physicians is thousands of doctors around the world!”
The facts
Salman Waqar of the British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) said Newsweek that the Pfizer vaccine does not contain nonhalal ingredients. The Medicines and Medicines Agency also confirms on its website that “the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine does not contain components of animal origin”.
A statement from BIMA earlier this month said the vaccine was effective: “There is no animal content (ie no gelatin) and no product is derived from fetal cell lines. The rest of the excipients are not worrying. “
Waqar said: “Its halal aspect [Pfizer vaccine] has been noted by several scholars, from Sunni and Shia circles in the UK and also internationally. “
A complete list of the contents of the Pfizer vaccine (COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2):
- The active substance is BNT162b2 RNA.
After dilution, the vial contains 5 doses of 0.3 ml with 30 micrograms mRNA each.
- This vaccine contains polyethylene glycol / macrogol (PEG) as part of ALC-0159
The other ingredients are:
- ALC-0315 = (4-hydroxybutyl) azanediyl) bis (hexane-6,1-diyl) bis (2-hexyldecanoate)
- ALC-0159 = 2[(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N, N-ditetradecylacetamide
- 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 5
- cholesterol
- Potassium chloride
- Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
- Sodium chloride
- Disodium hydrophosphate dihydrate
- sucrose
Source: British government
Sunnis and Shiites are the two major names in Islam. However, there are other schools of thought and it is not known exactly what the leaders of these communities think.
A fatwa (a ruling on Islamic law) was issued by Yusuf Shabbir and approved by Mufti Shabbir Ahmad, Mufti Muhammad Tahir and NHS consultant Mawlana Kallingal Riyadh, saying the vaccine is halal based on available information.
The judgment states: “The British Government has confirmed that the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine does not contain components of animal origin. The government website states: “The Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices can confirm that the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine does not contain components of animal origin. “
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“We contacted Pfizer for a breakdown of the ingredients that were shared with us. At first, the only ingredient we were concerned about was cholesterol, because it can be made from animal fat, although it is normally made from chicken eggs.
“The government statement confirms that it does not come from animal fats, so it is halal. The company confirmed this to us in an email telling us:” All lipid excipients used in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 are either from plant-derived sources or are synthetic. The vaccine does not contain any animal components. “
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Fake.
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer does not contain animal components and has been declared halal by Sunni and Shiite Muslim scholars based on available information. Newsweek he could find no evidence of the existence of the “World Alliance of Physicians” which the man cited to support his claims.
There is a group based in Europe called the World Alliance of Physicians, which has proven to spread false information several times, including its false claims that COVID-19 was a flu strain and that “PCR tests are up to 94% false positive. “
Regarding other vaccines, such as those developed by Moderna and AstraZeneca, Waqar said the product summary is not yet available on which health scientists and professionals could make a decision.