Environmentalism in the Muslim world

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Environmentalism in the Muslim world

Richard C. Foltz, editor

Nova Science Publishers, c2005

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-141) and index

Contents of Works

  • Iran
  • Turkey / Ibrahim Özdemir
  • Egypt / Safei-El-din A. Hamed
  • Pakistan / Ali Raza Rizvi
  • Nigeria / Ali Ahmad
  • Applying Islamic environmental ethics / Fazlun M. Khalid
  • Saving rivers and forests in Malaysia / Ayman Ahwal

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: The Environmental Crisis in the Muslim World
  • Turkey
  • Egypt
  • Pakistan
  • Nigeria
  • Applying Islamic Environmental Ethics
  • Saving Rivers and Forests in Malaysia
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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