What it Means to Die in Islam and Modern Medicine.

The objectives of this article is to evaluate whether the concept of brain-death can be examined by modern medicine alone as well as examine the impact of such an evaluation on Islamic views of this subject. Various clinical, philosophical, Islamic, and public-policy literature on the subject of death and brain-death have been examined. We present arguments to support the view that the subject of death (including brain-death) cannot be examined without a philosophical base.