Contents Series Preface Lawrence E. Sullivan Xl Series Foreword Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim xv Preface to Islam and Ecology Adnan Z. Amin xxxiii Introduction Richard C. Foltz XXXVll I. God, Humans, and Nature Toward an Understanding of Environmental Ethics from a Qur' anic Perspective ibrahim Ozdemir 3 The Universe Alive: Nature in the Masnavl of lalal aI-Din Rumi L. Clarke 39 Firra: An Islamic Model for Humans and the Environment Saadia Khawar Khan Chishti 67 II. The Challenge of (Re)Interpretation Islam, the Contemporary Islamic World, and the Environmental Crisis Seyyed Hossein Nasr 85 Islam and the Environment: Theory and Practice Mawil Izzi Dien 107 viii Islam and Ecology Islam and Ecology: Toward Retrieval and Reconstruction S. Nomanul Haq 121 Peace in Islam: An Ecology of the Spirit Abdul Aziz Said and Nathan C. Funk 155 The Basis for a Discipline of Islamic Environmental Law Othman Abd-ar-Rahman Llewellyn 185 Islamic Environmentalism: A Matter of Interpretation Richard C. Foltz 249 Toward an Islamic Ecotheology Kaveh L. Afrasiabi 281 III. Environment and Social Justice Islam, Ecology, and Modernity: An Islamic Critique of the Root Causes of Environmental Degradation Fazlun M. Khalid 299 The Environmental Crisis of Our Time: A Muslim Response Yasin Dutton 323 Islam, Muslim Society, and Environmental Concerns: A Development Model Based on Islam's Organic Society Hashim Ismail Dockrat 341 Ecological Justice and Human Rights for Women in Islam Nawal Ammar 377 IV. Toward a Sustainable Society Scientific Innovation and al-Mizan Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz 393 Capacity Building for Sustainable Development: The Dilemma of Islamization of Environmental Institutions Safei-Eldin A. Hamed 403 Islam, the Environment, and Family Planning: The Cases of Egypt and Iran Nancy W. Jabbra and Joseph C. Jabbra 423 An Ecological Journey in Muslim Bengal Mohammad Yusuf Siddiq 451 Islam in Malaysia's Planning and Development Doctrine Abu Bakar Abdul Majeed 463 Contents IX The Aga Khan Development Network: An Ethic of Sustainable Development and Social Conscience Tazim R. Kassam 477 V. The Islamic Garden as Metaphor for Paradise Nature in Islamic Urbanism: The Garden in Practice and in Metaphor Attilio Petruccioli 499 From the Gardens of the Qur' an to the "Gardens" of Lahore James L. Wescoat, Jr. 511 Trees as Ancestors: Ecofeminism and the Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad Farzaneh Milani 527 Glossary of Arabic Terms 535 Bibliography on Islam and Ecology Richard C. Foltz 537 Notes on Contributors 549 Index 559 .