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Islamic environmentalism

Date: March 25, 2003 | 21 Muharram 1424 Hijriah
Blog: veiled4allah
Subjects: fiqh, environmentalism
Towards an Islamic Jurisprudence of the Environment - This article looks at what the Quran says about the relationship between human beings and the earth and its resources and living creatures, then addresses some specific environmental concerns of today.

Animals in Islam - This article looks at what the Islamic texts and scholars have to say about animals and their rights, and about issues of today such as experiments on animals.

Overall, the Islamic view is that human beings have been given great power over the earth and all its beings, but this power has been given to us on trust, and we will be called to account for how we use it.
~ Posted by Al-Muhajabah, a member of the reality-based community, at 12:00 PM

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Saint Mahone said: Total comments: 1  

Like many, I meandered here through the Raed site which seems to be getting a large degree of attention in light of current events.

A longtime vegetarian, I look forward to reading the article on animal rights and Islam with much anticipation.

~ Posted at March 25, 2003 01:29 PM | Comment Permalink
moderator Al-Munaqabah said: Total comments: 996   gold stargold stargold stargold stargold star

Thanks for visiting, Saint Mahone.

Islam does not require vegetarianism. However, there are some Muslims who are advocating for it as the best and most moral choice today. See Islamic Concern for one example.

Some Muslims in the West also eat vegetarian because of the difficulty in some places of finding food that meets Islamic dietary laws (which are similar in many respects to Jewish kosher laws). It's also the best option if eating with non-Muslims, i.e., order a vegetarian dish. I tend to do this myself. smile

~ Posted at March 25, 2003 02:06 PM | Comment Permalink
one of the top five commentors on this blog! PG said: Total comments: 64   gold stargold stargold stargold stargold star

A friend in college taught a class on Religion and the Environment, focusing more on Christian ethics. There seemed to be two ideas that she tried to reconcile, similar to what you articulated: God gave dominion over earth to humans, but with that dominion comes responsibility.

I think the debate is over what responsible dominion would be. Do we have a responsibility to maximize the earth's welfare as a benefit just for humans, or is there a measure of the earth's welfare independent of benefit to humans?
For example, should we go toward more genetically modified food, to increase the yields and reliability of crops? Or should we avoid molecular interference with what God has created?

~ Posted at March 26, 2003 09:57 AM | Comment Permalink

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