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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Muslims and ecology: fostering Islamic environmental ethics |
Author: | Saniotis, A. |
Citation: | Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life, 2012; 6(2):155-171 |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 1872-0218 1872-0226 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Arthur Saniotis |
Abstract: | Recent scholarly interest in religions and ecology reaffirm the importanceof religious models in understanding humanity’s place in nature. While Islam provides detailed ethical principles on the environment, the majority of Muslim majority countries show an apparent indifference to environmental issues. Due to the complexities in Muslim majority countries in relation to environmental issues, this paper contends that there is a need for an examination of the different aspects of Muslim environmentalism, and to what extent environmental practices are influenced by Islamic environmental ethics. Therefore, this paper develops a multipronged approach whereby both environmental and non-environmental practices by Muslims are discussed, giving an overview of Islamic attitudes towards ecology and environmental practices and suggesting reasons for Muslim non-concern for the environment. Moreover, the paper illustrates how Muslims in western and Muslim majority countries implement Islamic environmental ethics. Finally, western and eastern Muslim thinkers who have written on Islam and the environment are explored. |
Keywords: | Islamic environmental ethics historic and sociological processes right to develop Indonesia’s pesantren Muslim thinkers |
Rights: | © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11562-011-0173-8 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11562-011-0173-8 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Ecology, Evolution and Landscape Science publications |
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