As custodians of resources, it is binding on us that we should ensure judicious use and check wastage. That means we must avoid extravagance and exhibitionism, willingly, as an act of submission (Ibadat) to Allah. The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), along with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has declared the present decade…
Within 50 years, a third of all plant and animal species could be caught up in a mass extinction, as a consequence of climate change driven by ever-rising temperatures. Support for the prediction is backed by a series of separate studies of individual species survival in a world rapidly warming because of human commitment to…
Samarkand grew up as the most important commercial centre in Central Asia When the famous Muslim traveller Ibn Battuta visited Samarkand, in Uzbekistan, in 1330, he described it as “one of the greatest and finest cities, and most perfect of them in beauty”. He was right! After Tashkent, Samarkand is the second largest city of…
The Quran (2:29) says: “It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth.” I cannot think of a clearer and firmer statement of socialism than this verse. By Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz The proper distribution of resources is a much talked-about issue. In this regard, one can gain valuable insights…
Leveraging his position at the U.N. since 2015 to capture a larger audience, Odeh Rashid al-Jayyousi has called on the international community to build an Islamic financial endowment for combating global warming. As climate change threatens the entirety of the world, many people are turning to the religious traditions to find inspiration for the environmental…
In times of climate change, Fireflies is playing an inspiring role in conserving nature and by being home to many birds, animals and insects. Tucked away on the outskirts of Bangalore, in Dinnepalya village, is Fireflies Intercultural Centre. Set up by Siddhartha, a writer and an activist, this island of greenery is like a rainforest,…
Perched on a floodplain between the Niger and Bani rivers, Djenné has been inhabited since 250BC, making it one of the oldest towns in sub-Saharan Africa. Photo Credit: (Paul de Roos) Located in the arid hinterland of the scorching Sahara Desert in southern Mali, Africa, the Great Mosque of Djenné is a beguiling structure that…
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By Rabbi David Rosen When political and civic leaders seek to engage religious figures to come together to promote human dignity across sectarian lines and contribute to stability in the region, they have overwhelmingly responded with alacrity. The Amman declaration of July 2005 initiated by His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein of Jordan,…
We need to consciously connect to other creatures of God, such as animals and plants, understanding our deep interconnectedness with them and cultivating love and compassion for them. So busy are most of us that we do not make time to watch the moon floating in the sky or even take more than a fleeting…
