(HuffPost) The Muslim Council of Britain has denied issuing a “ruling” that parents should not vaccinate their children against flu, following an “inaccurate” frontpage story in the Daily Telegraph.
In Monday’s edition an article by Bill Gardner reported that the MCB, Britain’s leading representative body for Muslims, had issued guidance to parents encouraging them to shun flu vaccinations due to the presence of gelatin derived from pigs.
“Muslim parents are refusing to allow their children to take part in a nationwide flu vaccine drive after the Muslim Council of Britain ruled the treatment was forbidden by Islam,” the Daily Telegraph story reads.
It quoted Dr Shuja Shafi, chairman of the Muslim Council of Britain’s research committee, as saying: “We have consulted the scholars and this is their view … we need another vaccine which is halal.”
