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Muslims are mandated to protect the environment

 Islam teaches that Muslims have a responsibility to protect the environment, as stewards of the Earth that God created. Several Muslim organizations throughout the world are taking that responsibility to an active level, dedicating themselves to environmental protection.
Islam teaches that God created all things in perfect balance and measurement. There is a purpose behind all living and non-living things, and each species has an important role to play in the balance. God gave human beings certain knowledge, which allows us to use the natural world to meet our needs, but we are not given free license to exploit it. Muslims believe that all living things, including human beings, are subservient to God Alone. Thus, we are not masters who rule over the earth, but servants of God with a responsibility to maintain the balance which He has created.
The Quran says:
"It is He who has appointed you viceroys in the earth … that He may try you in what He has given you." (Surah 6:165)
"O children of Adam! ... eat and drink: but waste not by excess, for Allah loves not the wasters." (Surah 7:31)
"It is He who produces gardens with trellises and without, and dates and tilth with produce of all kinds, and olives and pomegranates similar [in kind] and different [in variety]. Eat of their fruit in their season, but render the dues that are proper on the day that the harvest is gathered. And waste not by excess: for Allah loves not the wasters." (Surah 6:141)
  • Green Deen - The blog of author Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, also the title of his book about what Islam teaches about protecting the planet.
  • DC Green Muslims - Founded in 2007 by Muslims in Washington, DC who gathered for an organic, vegetarian iftar (dinner to break the daily fast of Ramadan). They are a network of Muslims in Washington DC and surrounding areas who work to "help our communities understand and implement sustainable and eco-conscious ways of living while relating it to our faith and a holistic world-view."
  • AMEN - The African Muslim Environment Network was formed in 2006, to share information about successful environment-friendly development iniatives by mosques and Islamic organizations throughout Africa. The network includes Muslims and Muslim organizations in Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
source: http://islam.about.com/od/activism/a/Muslim-Environmentalists.htm
Muslims have formed various organizations worldwide, dedicated to taking action in the community to protect the environment. Here are a few:

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NASA claims that the government could slow down worldwide global warming by cutting down on soot emissions. Studies by NASA show that cutting down on soot would not only have an immediate cooling effect, but would also put a stop to many of the deaths caused by air pollution. When soot is formed, it typically travels through the air absorbing and releasing solar radiation which in turn begins to warm the atmosphere. Cutting soot emissions would be an immediate help against global warming, as the soot would quickly fall out of the atmosphere and begin to cool it down.

Cutting back on soot emissions would buy us time in our fight against global warming. Soot is caused by the partial burning of fossil fuels, wood and vegetation. Soot is known to contain over forty different cancer causing chemicals, and a complete cut would offer untold health benefits worldwide.


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Environmental conservation has always been a topic for lengthy discussions, but up until recent times, global warming and climate changes were vague subjects, with no hard proof. Not surprisingly, the previous lack of attention to these issues have created a very gloomy outlook on our future. So, considering all this, what could be the biggest contributor to climate changes through global warming? Transportation - the man-made iron horses, flying machines and sea monsters, so to speak.

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