Editing Halal (section)

===Vaccines===
{{see also|Vaccination and religion}}
The controversy over pharmaceuticals has led to the refusal of childhood vaccination in some Muslim-majority countries,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ahmed |first1=Ali |last2=Lee |first2=Kah S. |last3=Bukhsh |first3=Allah |last4=Al-Worafi |first4=Yaser M. |last5=Sarker |first5=Md. Moklesur R. |last6=Ming |first6=Long C. |last7=Khan |first7=Tahir M. |title=Outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases in Muslim majority countries |journal=Journal of Infection and Public Health |date=March 2018 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=153–155 |doi=10.1016/j.jiph.2017.09.007 |pmid=28988775 |doi-access=free}}</ref> despite many religious leaders expressly endorsing vaccination.<ref name="aap">{{cite web |title=Religious Views of Vaccination At-A-Glance |url=https://www.maineaap.org/assets/docs/Religious-Views-of-Vaccination-At-a-Glance.pdf |website=Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics}}</ref> It is also a concern in the rollout of the [[COVID-19 vaccine]].<ref name="AU" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Birmingham mosque becomes UK's first to offer Covid vaccine |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-55752056 |website=BBC News |date=21 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Paddock |first1=Richard C. |title=Is the Vaccine Halal? Indonesians Await the Answer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/world/asia/indonesia-sinovac-vaccine-halal.html |website=The New York Times |date=5 January 2021}}</ref>