I think that it's worth remembering that Islam is as diverse a religion as Christianity and whilst some may accept the Fatwa described in this paper, which is aimed predominantly in Western non-Muslim countries, others will not. As far as I am aware there no Muslim country has a traditional milk bank. IMO it's really important not to over-apply the Fatwa that states that pooled donor milk is acceptable to Muslims and assume that all Muslims will change their minds about accepting banked donor milk when presented with this Fatwa.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

On 16/05/2012, at 2:39 AM, the juliest person you know wrote:

> There is an article in the current Journal of Human Lactation on milk donation in Muslim countries.
>  
> You can read it here if you are an ILCA member: http://jhl.sagepub.com/content/28/2/125.full.pdf+html
>  
> To summarize, Muslim scholars have declared that pooled donor milk is okay because a) the mother does not directly suckle the other baby, b) because the milk is pooled, no one mother's milk makes up an entire feeding and c) when in doubt, consider the greater good.  
>  
> Julie Tardos
>  
> P.S.  I like the term "breastfeeding beyond infancy" that someone else brought up.  It describes the situation without any possible judgement (real or perceived) attached.  
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