Islam and Environmental Ethics

Nurturing Earth through Islamic ethics: A spiritual guide for sustainable living and global environmental harmony.

Muhammad Yaseen Gada (Author)

9781009494557, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 May 2024

92 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 1.1 cm, 0.28 kg

This Element explores environmental ethics in Islam. Its core argument is that Islamic culture and civilization are rich in environmental concerns; Islam has unique considerations and directions about what sort of human-nature relationship there should be. Muslim environmental commentators have explored basic environmental or eco-ethical principles that are deeply embedded in the Qur'an and Sunnah. Protecting and conserving the environment are not only moral duties but also an obligation in Islam. The Islamic environmental ethical system offers both conceptual paradigms and operational components to realize environmental justice and sustainable development.

Introduction
1. Current Environmental Problems
2. Environmental Ethics and Contested Frameworks
3. Islam and Nature: Pre-Modern Sources and Approaches
4. Islam and Nature: The Modern Discourse
5. Principles of Islamic Environmental Ethics: A Systematic-Prescriptive Exploration
6. Practical Muslim Approaches to Contemporary Environmental Ethics
Conclusions.

Subject Areas: Islam [HRH]