This publication sets out Islamic Relief’s policy on climate change. It builds on the foundation of Islamic perspectives and scientific evidence described in the Islamic Relief Climate Change Policy of December 2014. Outlining policy messages for Islamic Relief programmes, partners and external audiences, the policy takes account of new events and adds Islamic Relief’s recent experience in adaptation, resilience, human development and poverty reduction.
The policy aims to:
- support Islamic Relief in delivering its global strategy goals, and to inform strategy implementation.
- inform political forums and external audiences, and to provide a basis for much-needed advocacy and influence.
Islamic Relief is calling for an end to early and forced marriages by raising awareness of gender justice from an Islamic human rights perspective.
JAKARTA, INDONESIA, March 5 2014. The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) has issued a fatwa, or edict, requiring the country’s 200 million Muslims to take an active role in protecting threatened species including tigers, rhinos, elephants and orangutans.
The fatwa, which has been widely acclaimed in the world’s media this week, is one of the first of its kind in the world and it will be accompanied by an education programme to help communities put it into practice.
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More Educational Resources – Indonesian Fatwas on Biodiversity and Forest Protection
Alliance of Religions and Conservation and The Centre for Islamic Studies, National University (UNAS) in Jakarta
Fatwa on Threatened Species:
- An updated Islam and conservation training package created by UNAS & IFEES (Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science)
- An Islam and conservation guidebook “Pelestarian Satwa Langka untuk Keseimbangan Ekosistem” (The Conservation of Endangered Species for the Ecosystem Balance). This reference book is designed as a complete guide to the fatwa for clerics. It explains basic conservation concepts and issues and relevant laws and regulations, and includes sustainable resource use guidelines and wildlife lists, with pictures of tigers, rhinos and other key threatened species. It describes the theological basis in Islam for conservation, and explains why MUI issued the fatwa
- Jum’ah (Friday) Prayer Text for Conservation Preachers (Dai Konservasi), entitled “Khutbah Jum’at Pelestarian Satwa Langka untuk Keseimbangan Ekosistem” (Friday Sermon: The Conservation of Endangered Species for the Ecosystem Balance). This tool supports clerics to design sermons, ceremonies and festivals that highlight conservation messages in ways that embody the key tenets of Islam, and which can be easily communicated to local rural communities. At almost 100 pages it includes sermon guidance on 12 themes, including Islamic ethics concerning animals, and Islamic perspectives on wildlife conservation and the prohibition of illegal wildlife trade and hunting
- High resolution poster
- Pocket-sized booklet on the fatwa
Fatwa on Forest and Peatland Fires:
This publication sets out Islamic Relief’s policy on climate change. It builds on the foundation of Islamic perspectives and scientific evidence described in the Islamic Relief Climate Change Policy of December 2014. Outlining policy messages for Islamic Relief programmes, partners and external audiences, the policy takes account of new events and adds Islamic Relief’s recent experience in adaptation, resilience, human development and poverty reduction.
The policy aims to:
• support Islamic Relief in delivering its global strategy goals, and to inform strategy implementation.
• inform political forums and external audiences, and to provide a basis for much-needed advocacy and influence.
This report results from a year-long study researching and analyzing gender based violence within Muslim Canadian Communities.
Specifically, it looks at how the concept of honour and shame can have both negative and positive consequences with regard to either encouraging or potentially helping to end GBV.
Importantly, the report also discredits – using scriptural evidence and Islamic tradition – the false notion that some Islamic texts supposedly allow for wife beating and other forms of GBV.
The study draws upon existing research as well as extensive interviews to describe services available to Canadian Muslim women, while providing recommendations to policy makers, service providers and religious leaders on their role in changing practices and perceptions.
Fuji Technology Press, Ltd.
In studies of disasters, cases of religious communities providing support to victims at times of disaster have been reported. Such support can be understood as a function of social capital within religious communities. This paper considers the case studies of disaster relief activities provided by a Muslim community and a Soka Gakkai Buddhist community in Japan after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and the Kumamoto Earthquake in 2016. It also analyzes how each religious community functioned from the viewpoints of three kinds of social capital: “bonding,” “bridging,” and “linking” and identify challenges faced by religious communities at times of disaster.
The purpose of this paper was to illustrate and to assess the Islamic perspective of nutrition and food security in the light of Quran. Quran is a book of social guidance, politics, law, principles and science. This article analyzes key verses in the Quran with clear messages related to nutrition and food security. The authors recommend this information from Quran be used for better nutritional outcome at target Muslim communities.
Brief from Musawah: a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family, which advances human rights for women in Muslim contexts, in both their public and private lives.
Also see more information on Musawah’s course on Islam & Gender Equality and Justice (I-nGEJ)
In this paper, the authors examine the textual sources that form the foundation of Islam’s egalitarian spirit, consider the challenges posed by historical interpretations of these sources, and think about ways to move forward in promoting gender equity, especially with respect to condemning domestic violence in all its forms. The authors argue that the main task ahead, beyond restoring the rights and protections originally given to women by Islam’s foundational sources, will be for men and boys to take a leading role in making the gender-equal message of Islam a reality.
The report is published by the Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW), a national nonprofit organization, whose overarching mission is to ensure the equality, equity and empowerment of Muslim women. Founded in 1982, the organization has drawn upon faith and social justice for the betterment of Canadian society.
Click here for more on the CCMW initiative and the toolkit for engaging men & boys in Muslim Communities.
