Muslims Urge Followers to Reject Common Childhood Vaccines

Muslims in Britain are being urged to keep their children from childhood vaccination, saying they are unIslamic. . .

Measles, mumps, smallpox, polio. . . these are the things parents feared for their children prior to the 1960's. Measles contracted by a pregnant woman could render the fetus deaf, deformed, or DOA.

Mumps turned into Scartlet Fever. Smallpox left many a pretty face scarred for life. Polio left many in leg braces, or dead. These diseases were KILLERS. Modern vaccination changed all that. The past two generations have not had to fear these diseases . . . the World Health Organization recently reported that measles worldwide is down 60% and nearing eradication.

But now enter Islam. In Britain recently, a Muslim "doctor" with limited credentials and a book to sell, alerted the Muslim community that childhood innoculation is un-Islamic.

More dangerous, he also insists they are unnecessary. I know vaccines - it's part of my education. I've spent the past few days reading this man's diatribes and other articles written by those who believe and support him. It is truly frightening because it's based not on real science but on half-truths and superstition. If this bit of idiocy catches on, it will mean deaths and disfigurement amongst children in the Muslim community in Britain.

Worse, it could mean danger to the non-Muslim community. Without vaccination, some people would become carriers of viruses that could infect young babies and pregant women. The legal authorities in Britain will step in if this gets any bigger. The same argument will pop up in the U.S. It could get ugly.

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