compiled by Sheila Musaji
“And We created from water every living thing.” Qur’an 21:30
“Make not mischief on the earth” Qur’an 2:11
“Mischief has appeared on land and sea because of (the meed) that the hands of men have earned, that (God) may give them a taste of some of their deeds: in order that they may turn back (from evil).” Qur’an 30:41
“There is not a moving creature on earth, or a bird that flies with its wings, but they are communities like you (humans). We have neglected nothing in the Book; then unto their Lord they shall (all) be gathered.” Qur’an 6:38
Muslims are instructed to look after the environment and not to damage it:
Devote thyself single-mindedly to the Faith, and thus follow the nature designed by Allah, the nature according to which He has fashioned mankind. There is no altering the creation of Allah.
Qur’an 30:30
This is part of a Muslims responsibility to God:
Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then He settled Himself on the Throne, and constrained the sun and the moon; each one pursues its course during an appointed term. He regulates it all and explains the Signs in detail, that you may have firm belief in the meeting with your Lord. He it is Who spread out the earth and made thereon firmly fixed mountains and rivers, and of fruits of every kind He has made pairs. He causes the night to cover the day. In all this, verily, are signs for a people who reflect. Qur’an 13:2-3
RESOURCES
ARTICLES
American Lifestyle As a Threat to Life Itself, Stan Moore http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/30054
Animals in Islam, al-Hafiz B.A. Masri http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/7368/an1.htm
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Approach to the Environment, Ibrahim Ozdemir http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/bediuzzaman_said_nursis_approach_to_the_environment/
Broad Lines of the Islamic Approach to Environment Protection, Muhammad Yunus http://www.isesco.org.ma/pub/ISTD/Eng/20/P7.htm
Climate Change at Crisis Level http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/16319129.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/science/earth/29climate.html?ei=5090&en=51c46d7689bee520&ex=1296190800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
The Coming Resource Wars , Michael T. Klare http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/07/the_coming_resource_wars.php
Eco Islam Hits Zanzibar Fishermen http://thetruereligion.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=287
Ecology in Islam: Protection of the Web of Life a Duty for Muslims, By Dr. Hasan Zillur Rahim http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/1091/9110065.htm
Environment and Values, S. Parvez Manzoor http://www.islamonline.net/english/introducingislam/topic12.shtml
Environment in the eyes of Islam http://aquacool.blogspot.com/2003/12/environment-in-eyes-of-islam.html
Environmental Perspectives: Islam and Ecologism, Dr. Muzammal Hussain http://www.imase.org/content/view/55/35/
Environmental Ethics in Islam, By Abdur-Razzaq Lubis http://www.mandailing.org/Eng/envethicsislam.html
Environmental protection in Islam http://www.islamset.com/env/contenv.html
Filtering Out the Arsenic of Corruption, Hasan Zillur Rahim http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/filtering_out_the_arsenic_of_corruption/
Forever Interdependent: Man and Nature, Hwaa Irfan http://www.islamonline.net/english/Science/2001/06/article2.shtml
Global Warming: Hotter, Faster, Worser, John Atcheson http://www.countercurrents.org/cc-atcheson240206.htm
Guardians of the Natural Order, Fazlun Khalid http://ifees.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=56
Imam Zaid Shakir on Environmental Responsibility http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/zaid_shakir/2007/02/muslims_have_many_scriptural_i.html
In the Beginning of Creation Was Consciousness, Seyyed Hossein Nasr http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news/bulletin/articles/nasr.html
Is a Greener Islam Possible?, M. Aurangzeb Ahmed http://www.altmuslim.com/perm.php?id=P1893_0_24_0
Islam and Climate Change: Perspectives & Engagement, Dr Muzammal Hussain http://www.lineonweb.org.uk/Resources/reading.htm
Islam and Ecology, Frederick Denny http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/religion/islam/
Islam and Ecology, Imam Tajuddin H. Alhilaly http://www.speednet.com.au/~keysar/ecology.htm
Islam and the Environment, Theory and Practice, Dr. Mawil Izzi Dien http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/islam_and_the_environment_theory_and_practice/
Islam and the environment, Hussein A. Amery http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-93950-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Islam and the environment http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503544990
Islam and the Environment, Gar Smith http://www.islamawareness.net/Nature/environment.html
Islam and the Environment, Fazlun Khalid http://www.ifees.org/islamEnviroment.pdf
Islam and Environmental Conservation http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/Fatwa/ShowFatwa.php?lang=E&Id=2997&Option=FatwaId
Islam and Ecology, Marjorie Hope & James Young http://www.crosscurrents.org/islamecology.htm
Islam and the planet http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/re/science/iscareofplanetrev2.shtml
Islamic Conceptual Framework, S. Parvez Manzoor http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2002/05/Article23.shtml
Islamic Declaration on Sustainable Development, http://environment.harvard.edu/religion/publications/statements/islam_statement.pdf
Islamic Faith and the Environment, Hyder Ihsan Mahasneh http://www.arcworld.org/faiths.asp?pageID=75
Man and Ecology, an Islamic Perspective, Atiya and Irshaad Hussain http://www.islamfrominside.com/Pages/Articles/Ecology%20Environment%20and%20Islam.html
New Approaches to Religions and the Environment, Muhammad Hyder Mahasneh http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/envext.nsf/48ByDocName/IslamicFaithStatementsonEcology/$FILE/FaithIslam2003Final.pdf
PRACTICAL ISLAMIC ENVIRONMENTALISM: THE APPLICATION OF ISLAMIC ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS TO PROMOTE MARINE CONSERVATION IN ZANZIBAR A CASE STUDY http://ifees.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=55
Qur’an and the Environment, Karem Ghoneim http://www.islamonline.net/english/Science/2000/4/article1.shtml
Significance of the environment in Islam, Akhtar Mahmood http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=46430
Sustenance and Accountability: Islam’s Views on the Environment, by Rahat Kurd http://www.perc.ca/PEN/1993-12-01/s-kurd.html
Thirst for Oil Threatens 1/5 of Earth’s Fresh Water http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2074838,00.html
Towards an Islamic Jurisprudence of the Environment, Mustafa Abu-Sway http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2002/08/Article02.shtml
Towards an Islamic Theory of the Environment, Ziauddin Sardar http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Spa/3879/environ.html
VIDEO: Global Warming, the Denial Machine http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17138.htm
VIDEO: Climate Chaos http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13511.htm
VIDEO: Global Dimming http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15809.htm
Warmer Seas Will Wipe Out Plankton http://www.countercurrents.org/cc-connor200106.htm
Water Wars May Be Looming http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article348196.ece
ORGANIZATIONS
Islamic Foundation for Ecology & Environmental Sciences http://www.ifees.org.uk/
London Islamic Network for the Environment http://www.lineonweb.org.uk/index.htm