ISLAM: Solution To Climate Change/Global Warming

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Islam & the
Environment
Advocating a harmonious balance
between humans and nature
What’s Wrong with the Environment?
Global
Warming Loss of
Bio Diversity
Climate Water
Change Scarcity
Depletion of
Ozone layer
Acid
Toxic Rain
Materials
Destruction
Air
Of forests
Pollution
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Other pressing environmental issues…
Diseases ( eg. AIDS)
Interference in nature (eg. Cloning,

Homosexuality, Unnatural feed, Abortion)
Wastage (eg. Fireworks)
Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons
Islamic Approach to the Environment
Islam describes the environment
Creation &
Ownership and teaches us that it has been
created by Allah
Humans and Islam prescribes how humanity
Environment should use the environment
Proactive Islamic teachings are meant to take

Care proactive care of the environment
Preservation Islam’s guidance form the principles

& Protection of Environmental Protection
Prophet’s Environmentalism has been taught

Example and demonstrated by the Prophet
Creation of Allah
“Glory to Allah, Who

created in pairs all things
that the earth produces,
as well as their own
(human) kind and (other)
things of which they
have no knowledge.”
(Qur'an 36:36)
Balanced Creation
S
AN A
M OR
HU FL
“And the earth - We have

spread it out wide, and ES
T S
S
R AL
placed on it mountains FO
ANIM
firm, and caused (life) of

every kind to grow on it
in a balanced manner”
(Qur'an 15:19) NT
AI
N S
BI
R DS
OU
M
Diversity of Flora
"He Who has, …. sent down

water from the sky." With it
have We produced diverse
pairs of plants each separate
from the others. (Qur'an 20:53)
For the use of humanity
“Eat (for yourselves) and

pasture your cattle: verily, in
this are signs for men endued
with understanding.” (Qur'an
20:54)
“See they not that it is We

Who have created for them -
among the things which Our
hands have fashioned - cattle,
which are under their
dominion?-” (Qur'an 36:71)
Proactive Care of the Environment
According to Francesca De Chatel, a Netherlands-based anthropologist :
“And yet a closer reading of

the Hadith, the body of work
Muhammad’s (pbuh) that recounts significant
Environmentalism events in Muhammad's
Proactive (pbuh) life, reveals that he
Guidance on the was a staunch advocate of
environment given 1400 environmental protection.”
Years Ago
(pbuh)
“One could say he (Muhammad) was an

"environmentalist before his time," a pioneer in
Francesca De the domain of conservation, sustainable
Chatel’s
Observation development, and resource management, and
one who constantly sought to maintain a
harmonious balance between man and nature”.
Recent Initiatives for environmental
protection
1975 1987 1992 2000 2005 2007
Stockholm Rio Paris
Earth UN Earth MD Kyoto IPCC

Summit Report Summit Goals Protocol
Principles of Environmental Protection
1
Ownership of all
things with Allah,
the Creator and
Sustainer.
2
Humans are
vicegerents
(representatives)
3 on earth.
Humans are
permitted to utilize
the environment
4 without wasting
Humans are and causing harm.
accountable for
their deeds.
Afforestation and Wasteland enrichment
Guidance and Practice of the Prophet (pbuh)
Planting of Trees
Waste land cultivation

“Whoever brings
dead land to life, Dry land cultivation “Whoever plants
that is, cultivates trees, Allah will give
Land preservation
wasteland, for him him reward to the
is a reward Nature Reserves extent of their fruit”
therein.”
Wildlife Sanctuaries
Protected Zones
Additional
Information
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MoreGuidelines
Guidelines
Wild life preservation
“On migrating to Medina, God’s

Messenger (PBUH) organized the
planting of trees and of date groves.
He made the forests and green
Protected
spaces, conservation areas, where Zone
every sort of living creature lived.
These were called sanctuaries”- Dr.
Ibrahim Ozdemir
“In order to protect land, forests,

and wildlife, Muhammad created
inviolable zones known as protected
and forbidden zones, in which
resources were to be left
untouched”- Francesca De
Chatel
Protection of Fauna
Showing mercy
to birds and 
Killing animal for
mere sport x
animals
“All creatures of
Allah form the
Feeding
properly 
Making animals
fight each other x
family of Allah for sport
and he is the best
loved of Allah
who loves best
Freedom
 Stoning Animals
& Birds x
His creatures”
Good Health
 Mistreatment x
Supplication
for animals  Imprisonment x
Conservation of water
Water-Basis of Life
“O children of Adam! Sensible Usage

Wear your beautiful Prohibition of wastage
apparel at every time Water- Shared Resource
and place of prayer;
eat and drink, but Prohibition of pollution of
waste not by excess, water bodies
for God loves not the No disruption to ecological
wasters” (Qur'an 6:141) balance
Additional
Information
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MoreGuidelines
Guidelines
Removing and Reducing the causes of
greenhouse emissions
UNEP on
The Kyoto Protocol's
Climate Change major feature is that it
“We need to has mandatory
reduce emissions targets on
greenhouse-gas
of greenhouse
emissions for the
gases, which will world's leading
mean altering economies
how we live and which have
do business.” accepted it.. (UNFCCC)
The Kyoto Protocol is an agreement made under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Countries that ratify this protocol
commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse
gases, or engage in emissions trading if they maintain or increase emissions of
these gases.
Why do our lives and business need change?
Irrational Consumption - The Vicious Cycle
Buy more,
Spend more
Consumers
Irresponsible Pressure on
Business- Earners/Investors
Produce More, to earn more
Market More
Pressure on
Business to profit
more every
quarter
Result: More Greenhouse gas

emissions, More Global Warming,
More Environmental Problems
Responsible Business, Sustainable
Consumption
Balanced Spending
Prohibition of wastage
Prohibition of greed
Prohibition of Lying
Prohibition of dishonesty
Prohibition of hiding any

defect in products and
services
3600 Environmentalism
Environment is not limited to
the natural environment!
It’s also the social, moral,
economic and political
environment that needs to be
clean and free of corruption.
As in the case of natural environment, Islam

provides guidance and shows the way in all
spheres of human life.
"Verily, in the creation of the heavens and
the earth, and in the succession of night and
day, there are indeed messages for all who
are endowed with insight" (Qur'an 3:190)
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 Animal Rights: An Islamic Perspective

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 Preserve Water, Preserve Life
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22 Slides including Covers

More On Islam Briefcast

Diseases ( eg. AIDS)

Interference in nature (eg. Cloning,

Wastage (eg. Fireworks)

Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons

Proactive Islamic teachings are meant to take

Preservation Islam’s guidance form the principles

Prophet’s Environmentalism has been taught

“Glory to Allah, Who

“And the earth - We have

firm, and caused (life) of

"He Who has, …. sent down

“Eat (for yourselves) and

“See they not that it is We

“And yet a closer reading of

“One could say he (Muhammad) was an

1975 1987 1992 2000 2005 2007

Stockholm Rio Paris

Earth UN Earth MD Kyoto IPCC

Waste land cultivation

“On migrating to Medina, God’s

“In order to protect land, forests,

“O children of Adam! Sensible Usage

Why do our lives and business need change?

Result: More Greenhouse gas

Prohibition of hiding any

As in the case of natural environment, Islam

Thanks for watching and studying the presentation.

All Rights Reserved. No part of the presentation may

Learn moreonislam@hotmail.com. The original document is

 The Holy Qur'an (Print)

 The Holy Qur'an (Online)

 The Islamic Approach to the Prevention of spread of AIDS

 Animal Rights: An Islamic Perspective

 Preserve Water, Preserve Life

 Drops of Faith: Water in Islam

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