Environmentalism in the Muslim World

Environmentalism in the Muslim World
Author: Richard C. Foltz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This is the first book to provide an overview of how Muslim activists are responding on the ground to the global environmental crisis. The detrimental effects of environmental degradation are felt most severely by the world's poor, a disproportionate number of whom are Muslims. Unfortunately, governments of Muslim societies have been slow to respond to environmental problems, while opposition movements as well have mostly chosen to focus on other issues. Nevertheless, environmental awareness and activism are growing throughout the Muslim world. This book offers chapters by leading Muslim environmentalists which survey environmental initiatives in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Malaysia. Issues are detailed pointing out both successes and failures and describing the unique challenges facing the world's very diverse Muslim societies in striving to balance development and social justice with preserving the integrity of the earth's life support systems.

Muslim Environmentalisms

Muslim Environmentalisms
Author: Anna M. Gade
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2019-08-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0231549210

How might understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities shift by incorporating Islamic perspectives? In this book, Anna M. Gade explores the religious and cultural foundations of Islamic environmentalisms. She blends textual and ethnographic study to offer a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the legal, ethical, social, and empirical principles underlying Muslim commitments to the earth. Muslim Environmentalisms shows how diverse Muslim communities and schools of thought have addressed ecological questions for the sake of this world and the world to come. Gade draws on a rich spectrum of materials―scripture, jurisprudence, science, art, and social and political engagement―as well as fieldwork in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The book brings together case studies in disaster management, educational programs, international development, conservation projects, religious ritual and performance, and Islamic law to rethink key theories. Gade shows that the Islamic tradition leads us to see the environment as an ethical idea, moving beyond the established frameworks of both nature and crisis. Muslim Environmentalisms models novel approaches to the study of religion and environment from a humanistic perspective, reinterpreting issues at the intersection of numerous academic disciplines to propose a postcolonial and global understanding of environment in terms of consequential relations.

Handbook of Ethics of Islamic Economics and Finance

Handbook of Ethics of Islamic Economics and Finance
Author: Abbas Mirakhor
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 797
Release: 2020-04-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3110590549

Since the financial crisis of 2007/2008, a renewed discussion on the ethics and finance is being examined from different dimensions – finance for good society, responsible finance, ethical finance, financial crimes, and financial repression. The principal objective of this Handbook on Ethics of Islamic Economics and Finance is to provide a deeper understanding of the ethical underpinning of Islamic economics and finance. The reader will notice that the Handbook reflects a diversity of views on the subject of economic and business ethics in Islam across the intellectual spectrum of Muslim thought over the globe. Handbook attempts to find answers to some questions concerning the definition and characteristics of the ethical system in Islam. What is its goal and how do its rules and practices ensure welfare for individuals and society? Are the moral principles universal and invariable or do they change and adapt with the social changes of communities and progress in science and technology? Is the present generation accountable for the welfare of future generations? Where is the boundary between law and ethics and who guarantees their adoption and implementation?

Islam and Ecology

Islam and Ecology
Author: Richard C. Foltz
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 646
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Articulating a contemporary Islamic environmental ethic is all the more urgent because Western-style conservation efforts do not fit all cultural and philosophical traditions. This volume outlines the Islamic world view and reviews the ways it can be interpreted, reassessed, and applied to environmental problems like pollution and water scarcity.

The Environmental Dimensions of Islam

The Environmental Dimensions of Islam
Author: Mūʼil Yūsuf ʻIzz al-Dīn
Publisher: James Clarke & Co.
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2000
Genre: Ecology
ISBN: 9780718829605

Islamic attitudes are of increasing concern to the Western world and environmental issues claim much attention as well. Perhaps, though, few non-Muslims realise that there is a distinctive Islamic contribution to the environmental debate; consequently, it provides a much needed Islamic input into the world-wide process of consultation on the future of the planet. Born from the 1992 Earth Summit, this book is a major account of Islam's contribution to the environmental debate. Dr Izzi Dien viewsthe topic from historical, theological, philosophical, legal and ethical perspectives, examining such aspects as the Quranic doctrine of Creation, human responsibility and the actions of governments. His conclusions will not only be an invaluable submission to ecological groups but enlighten the general public, both inside and outside the Islamic community, about Muslim teaching on this area. The Environmental Dimensions of Islam is an important book, touching on issues of community, empowerment and culture. It will challenge those of all faiths and none to reconsider their attitudes towards both the Islamic and the natural world.

Green Deen

Green Deen
Author: Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2013-01-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1605099465

A Muslim environmentalist explores the fascinating intersection of environmentalism and Islam. Muslims are compelled by their religion to praise the Creator and to care for their community. But what is not widely known is that there are deep and long-standing connections between Islamic teachings and environmentalism. In this groundbreaking book, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin draws on research, scripture, and interviews with Muslim Americans to trace Islam’s preoccupation with humankind’s collective role as stewards of the Earth. Abdul-Matin points out that the Prophet Muhammad declared “the Earth is a mosque.” Using the concept of Deen, which means “path” or “way” in Arabic, Abdul-Matin offers dozens of examples of how Muslims can follow, and already are following, a Green Deen in four areas: “waste, watts (energy), water, and food.”

Rediscovery and Revival in Islamic Environmental Law

Rediscovery and Revival in Islamic Environmental Law
Author: Samira Idllalène
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2021-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108488781

For the first time, Sharia' and common law are compared from the perspective of environmental law to delve into their common grounds.

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology

The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Ecology
Author: Roger S. Gottlieb
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 685
Release: 2006-11-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0195178726

Ecologically oriented visions of God, the Sacred, the Earth, and human beings. The proposed handbook will serve as the definitive overview of these exciting new developments. Divided into three main sections, the books essays will reflect the three dominant dimensions of the field. Part I will explore

Signs on the Earth

Signs on the Earth
Author: Fazlun Khalid
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN: 9781847740755

The magnum opus of the West's leading Muslim environmentalist.

Environmental Health

Environmental Health
Author: Muhammad Haytham Al Khayat
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1997
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

Discusses the ways in which Islamic teachings and the views of Muslim physicians and scholars can be used to identify specific actions to protect the environment and thus promote human health. Teachings underscoring the links between health and the environment are also reviewed and interpreted. The opening section stresses the need to maintain a balance between the environment's capacity to support life and human behaviors that create demands on the environment. Particular attention is given to the concept of environmental harmony and the need to preserve the environment's dynamic equilibrium. Section two looks at teachings that underscore the relationship between the physical environment and the maintenance of good health. Against this background, the next section concentrates on specific abuses of the environment and their significance within the context of Islamic teachings. Problems cited include the excessive use of natural resources, industrial pollution of air and water, overcrowding, misuse of agricultural chemicals, and the production of hazardous wastes. The health effects of increasingly polluted air are described in detail. The final section cites religious teachings that offer guidance in ways to protect the environment and conserve natural resources.