SRS 2172 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Fatalism, Overconsumption, Ibn Arabi
28 Dec 2017
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To date it must be acknowledged that much if not most of the environmentalism that one sees throughout the muslim world follows western secular models rather than islamic ones. Common law often over rides laws on environmental protection. A few even suggest that the idea of wahdat al-wuj d ( unity of being ) associated with medieval su philosopher ibn arabi can be understood in environmentalist terms. Ibn arabi, however, has always been a highly controversial gure for. Muslims, since many have accused him of holding pantheist or monist views incompatible with. Likewise, the notions of certain su mystics are felt by many. Muslims to blur dangerously the distinction between the creator and creation. Stewardship: muslim environmentalists seeking to articulate a contemporary islamic environmentalism have tended to begin with the qur"anic concept of stewardship, expressed by the arabic term khil fa (lit. , successor ).
