SEMINAR: Islamic Environmentalism Event October 21, 2010 at 7:30 pm in Cox 145 UMiami

["Julie Hollenbeck" <jhollenbeck@rsmas.miami.edu>]

This is a really interesting lecture put together by one of our OHH Researchers Dr. Amir Abdelzaher, examining environmentalism in Islam.

 

Sponsors: Arsht Ethics Initiatives, Oceans and Human Health Center, College of Engineering, and the Religious Studies Department.

 

Julie Hollenbeck-Center Manager • Graduate Student

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From: AbdelZaher, Amir M

Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:48 PM

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Subject: Islamic Environmentalism Event

 

Dear All,

 

I am pleased to invite all of you to the upcoming lecture titled "Perspectives on Islamic Environmentalism" on October 21, 2010 at 7:30 pm in Cox 145 (UM Coral Gables Campus) by Hajj Fazlun Khalid, founder of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, UK.  This lecture is part of our ongoing research here at the University of Miami (www.eco-Islam.com<http://www.eco-islam.com/>), funded by Arsht Ethics Initiatives and is supported by several UM departments.  Fazlun is a world renowned scholar and activist in the field and has initiated environmental programs in many countries including the UK, Indonesia and Tanzania.  We are delighted to have him with us and ask you to join us as well as spread the word to your colleges, students, and anyone else who may be interested.

 

Attached you will find a flyer for the event.

 

Thank you,

 

 

Amir Abdelzaher

Post Doctoral Associate

University of Miami, FL, USA

305-284-2013

 

 

PERSPECTIVES On

Islamic Environmentalism

 

Fazlun Khalid

 Founder of The Islamic Foundation

for Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, UK.

www.eco-islam.com

October 21st, 2010

7:30pm

Cox 145

Refreshments will be served

 

 

 

Islamic environmentalism has its own unique _expression_, but it is not evident today even in countries that describe themselves as Islamic. Much damage has been done to the fabric of planet earth in the name of progress and development, and, like the rest of the human race, Muslims are subject to the vicissitudes of an amorphous entity we describe as the modern world. It can be argued that the drive of modernity stems from the push for economic development, which is now taxing the earth’s resources as never before in human history. As people who are benefiting materially from it and also as people who have in no small measure participated in the processes that have degraded the planet, Muslims have an important contribution to make to the growing debate on this matter.

 

 

 

Sponsors: Arsht Ethics Initiatives, Oceans and Human Health Center, College of Engineering, and the Religious Studies Department.