Are We Doing Enough To Save The Planet

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before. Ability to destroy the earth also increased heavily and industrialised countries stockpiled nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. These are threatening the future of earth and its inhabitants i.e. people. The ecologic balance on earth and surrounding factors is quite important from the Islamic perspective. It is a duty and responsibility of every individual to contribute as much as they can in safeguarding what is around us. In Islam each individual is seen&accepted as a representative of God on earth (Khalifat) and has strict responsibilities to act on behalf of Him while he/she lives on earth. Obviously one of the most important responsibilities should be on looking after the environment, mother earth, from where we come from and to where we will return. This was the beginning of creation and it is in physical terms. Spiritually, the Islamic belief is that we all come from God and we will be returned back to him. Subsequently, human beings especially Muslims should ...

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human beings; "No living creature is there moving on the earth, no bird flying on its two wings, but they are the communities like you." Having the authority leads to responsibility of working in harmony with all these communities and the natural environment as we have taken them in our safeguarding. This is also enforced by the usage of what is available in a sensible way as an Islamic value. Quran states again "Eat and drink but do not be wasteful, indeed, God does not love those who waste." I think this verse gives a clear guidance to Muslims in preserving the environment by not being wasteful in their consumption. We all know the power and greed which creates strong desire of `want', ...

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