CAIRO - Egypt's highest ranking Islamic official said yesterday that cloning humans was the work of the devil but was acceptable only if used to provide healthy organs for people in need of transplants.
Speaking at a symposium on cloning held at the doctor's syndicate, Grand Mufti Nasr Farid Wassil said scientists should concentrate on ways to combat more pressing issues such as poverty rather than on cloning research and called on legislators to severely punish those who practiced it.
