JAKARTA: Indonesia’s most influential Islamic organisation said AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is “haram” or forbidden for Muslims, but its use can be temporarily permitted due to a lack of alternatives.
The Indonesian Council of Ulema or MUI said it has conducted studies on the vaccine to see if it is “holy and halal” for Muslims to use.
The studies, said head of the council’s fatwa department Asorirun Niam Sholeh, showed that the AstraZeneca vaccine uses pork-derived trypsin – which is needed to break down proteins – in its production. Pork is considered unclean by Muslims.
“COVID-19 vaccine produced by AstraZeneca is haram because it uses pork-derived trypsin in its production,” Mr Sholeh told a press conference on Friday (Mar 19).
“Nevertheless, the use of COVID-19 vaccines produced by AstraZeneca is for now permissible.”
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-haram-permissible-islam-267141 
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