Ruling on using DNA to prove and deny lineage in Islamic jurisprudence and contemporary laws (comparative study)

Document Type : Original Article

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Mansoura University- Faculty of Law

Abstract

Criminal evidence depends mostly on what is removed from the available traces at the crime scene, the most important of which are: fingerprints and DNA. For many years, criminal investigation relied on various traditional methods and forensic evidence circulating in investigations to reveal the mystery of crimes and accidents of all kinds. Among the most prominent evidence are fingerprints, which until recently remained the most important forensic evidence contributing to the detection and identification of the personalities of criminal offenders and victims, but the most important discovery in this The field is what the geneticist Dr. (alec jeffreys) came up with in 1984. As the DNA test has become the only evidence to reveal identity with extreme accuracy, whether they are criminals or victims in criminal acts,

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