in Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation tariq ramadan covers muslim jurists’ opinions re: abortion. it is diverse. ramadan points out that some schools, such as the hanafi, have a majority tradition which seems to be relatively permissive of 1st trimester abortion, while not suggesting that it is an action to be taken lightly. this is close to the majority centrist position in the united states. in any case, what are the attitudes of various groups in muslim majority nations? i looked at the world values survey. there’s a question which asks when abortion is justifiable, and a particular % stated it is *never justifiable* (granted, this is does not necessarily entail that these individuals believe it should be criminalized)
albania:
muslim – 14.7
orthodox – 12.7
roman catholic – 25.7
azerbaijan:
muslim – 31.4
bangladesh:
muslim – 89.5
hindu – 93.3
iran:
muslim – 77.1
iraq:
shia – 73.4
sunni – 66.7
kyrgyzstan:
muslim – 64.2
orthodox – 32.1
pakistan:
shia – 55.1
sunni – 59.7
saudi arabia:
muslim – 62.6
turkey:
muslim – 65.2
egypt:
muslim – 56.5
christian – 56
turkey:
muslim – 62.4
morocco:
muslim – 76.2
iran:
shia – 61.3
sunni – 63.7
jordan:
muslim – 93.3
iraq:
shia – 87.4
sunni – 66
malaysia:
muslim – 48.8
buddhist – 29.2
hindu – 36.2
protestant – 41.8
catholic – 51.2
mali:
muslim – 55.3
two entries for some countries because wave 5 of the WVS can’t be aggregated with waves 3 & 4, where the other results come from.
