Despite growing interest in Islamic bioethics, little work has been done on research ethics in Islam, and even less on animal research ethics. This essay explores religious and scientific insights into the lives of animals used as research subjects, particularly in Iran. The inner lives of animals and their relationship to their Creator as relayed by the Qur'an, ethological research on animal minds, and neuroethical reflection on painience (the ability to feel and process pain as noxious [injurious] and explicitly hurtful) are brought together to question the current, relatively unrestricted use of research animals in Iran. The essay concludes that Islamic sources and the desire of Iranian clinicians to treat laboratory animals in line with them could poise Muslims to take the lead in developing alternatives to animal research. Further, recent suggestions that human and animal research guidelines and protections should be brought closer together are examined in light of these findings.

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伊斯兰生物伦理学和动物研究：伊朗案例

尽管人们对伊斯兰生物伦理学越来越感兴趣，但在伊斯兰研究伦理方面的工作却很少，动物研究伦理方面的工作就更少了。这篇文章探讨了对用作研究对象的动物生活的宗教和科学见解，特别是在伊朗。《古兰经》所传达的动物的内在生命及其与造物主的关系、对动物思想的行为学研究，以及对疼痛的神经伦理学反思（感受和处理疼痛为有害 [伤害性] 和明确伤害的能力）汇集在一起质疑伊朗目前相对不受限制地使用研究动物。这篇文章得出的结论是，伊斯兰教的来源和伊朗临床医生希望按照它们对待实验室动物的愿望可能使穆斯林在开发动物研究的替代方案方面处于领先地位。更多，