ENVIRONMENT & RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION

RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS

LEAVING HARMONY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Ismail Suardi Wekke

Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Negeri (STAIN) Sorong
Email: iswekke@gmail.com
WHAT IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION?
Air
pollution Water pollution

Types of pollution

Noise pollution Land pollution

RELIGION, ENVIRONMENT, & ADAPTATION

• Human and nature ability ->

ADAPTATION;
• The answer and the only one: RELIGION;
• BUT religion not only about WORKSHIP;
• Bring the ethics to applied ethics;
• Religious discourse step up to the daily
life reality;
Muslim attitudes to the environment

All Muslims believe that they have a

duty to protect and care for the
environment and should not pollute
it
 Notice that these are similar
ideas to World Religion!
This is because:
1. Islam teaches that Muslims have been given a
responsibility to rule over the earth and the
resources by Allah.

2. God made the world perfect and so it should be

respected. Tawhid is the idea that God made
everything to fit with everything else – the world is
in unity.

3. Allah made Adam his first khalifah (steward) -

someone who rules for him and looks after the
world.

4. Humans will be judged by Allah on Judgement Day

on how well they have they looked after the world.
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