Thou shall not polute Mother Earth; thou shall be a friend of it. Recently, a Vatican official was asked about sins of the modern world. One point he made was about climate change. In line with progressively green Vatican under Pope Benedict, he implied that polluting the Earth and contributing to global warming is a sin, along with unethical experiments in biology. In recent months, the Pope has also caught the green vibe reverberating in the globe. He has showed support for the prevention of climate change and the protection of environment. For an example, Vatican has intalled photovoltaic cells on its buildings to produce electricity.
Despite being a muslim (and also a reader of the Da Vinci Code), I admire and respect this new stance of the Roman Catholic Church. It is everyone's responsibility to protect the Earth and mankind because we all live here. If the world's heating up, everyone will feel it, not only muslims or christians or bloggers or youtubers. This clear stance taken by the city-state will encourage more people to care for the environment as it is the highest authority of the Church on earth.
Thus, Muslim leaders should also express their support for environmental protection. They must make a strong message that being green is also a principle of the religion. It will move more than 1 billion people to save the earth. As there are lots of muslims in developing countries, it will also help prevent worse damages in the future as they are at risk of more severe impacts from climate change.
The whole ummah should remember that it is their responsiblity to take care of the planet, granted by God to benefit humankind. And thus, polluting and damaging the environment is a betrayal of amanah, a major no-no for muslims.
facts taken from a Yahoo! Green article
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