Nigeria: Islam Allows for HIV Test Before Marriage - Don

7 September 2007

Kano — Undergoing medical tests as a protection is highly encouraged and advocated in Islam, particularly if there are reasonable justifications, a lecturer at the College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies, Dr. Aisha Garba Habib, has said.

Dr. Aisha who made the assertion in a paper presented to Daily Trust in Kano, said Islam is always trying to save life, not to take it.

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