Others say abortion for such reasons is never permitted. Explaining the difficulty of such a type, one scholar says, “ I believe that the value of life is the same, whether this embryo is the termination of adultery with relatives or non-relatives or valid marriage.” In Shariah, law, life has the same value in all cases. Sheikh(Sheikh M. A. Al-Salami, Third Symposium on Medical examination JurisprudenceJurisprudence). It is reported that a Bosnian womanhoodwoman raped by thea Serbian armysoldier was issued a fatwa allowing themher to abort, but wereshe was urged to complete the abortion before the 120-day mark. A similar fatwa was issued in the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria. This demonstrates that Islamic law has the flexibility to be compassionate inappropriateis inappropriate to 4 senses of circumstance. Islam does not permit abortion where an unwanted pregnancy is the issue of unforced adultery. ("Religions - Islam: Abortion"). All schools of Muslim law acknowledge that fetus removal is allowed if proceeding with the pregnancy would put the mother's life inat genuine risk.

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