UNB, Dhaka :
Human beings could cause the end of life on the planet, a group of Islamic scholars say adding countries round the world, particularly the rich ones, must take their responsibilities.
Climate change, they say, is induced by human beings: “As we’re woven into the fabric of the natural world, its gifts are for us to savour but we have abused these gifts to the extent that climate change is upon us.”
Islamic declaration adds to growing pressure religious leaders are exerting on richer nations to reduce the burden they are putting on the Earth’s climate, according to Climate News Network.
The views of the scholars – some of the strongest yet expressed on climate from within the Muslim community – are contained in a draft declaration on climate change to be launched officially at a major Islamic symposium in Istanbul in mid-August.
Allah, says the declaration, created the world in mizan (balance), but through fasad (corruption), human beings have caused climate change,
together with a range of negative effects on the environment that include deforestation, the destruction of biodiversity, and pollution of the oceans and of water systems.
The draft declaration has been compiled by the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES), a UK-based charity focused on environmental protection and the management of natural resources.
Human beings could cause the end of life on the planet, a group of Islamic scholars say adding countries round the world, particularly the rich ones, must take their responsibilities.
Climate change, they say, is induced by human beings: “As we’re woven into the fabric of the natural world, its gifts are for us to savour but we have abused these gifts to the extent that climate change is upon us.”
Islamic declaration adds to growing pressure religious leaders are exerting on richer nations to reduce the burden they are putting on the Earth’s climate, according to Climate News Network.
The views of the scholars – some of the strongest yet expressed on climate from within the Muslim community – are contained in a draft declaration on climate change to be launched officially at a major Islamic symposium in Istanbul in mid-August.
Allah, says the declaration, created the world in mizan (balance), but through fasad (corruption), human beings have caused climate change,
together with a range of negative effects on the environment that include deforestation, the destruction of biodiversity, and pollution of the oceans and of water systems.
The draft declaration has been compiled by the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES), a UK-based charity focused on environmental protection and the management of natural resources.
