What is it about?
In Malaysia, only non-governmental organisations (NGOs) openly linked to environmental causes are seen to exhibit any genuine concern over the rapidly depleting natural habitat and flora and fauna, and rising levels of pollution.
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Why is it important?
Despite the increasing vociferousness of Islamist civil society in recent years, their response to environmental issues has been surprisingly muted. The discourse on Islam in Malaysia has been unduly dominated by politico-legal issues such that environmental decline, which arguably reflects also a general spiritual malaise, hardly figures among Islamist actors in both the state and civil society.
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Using empirical data from Kelantan, this chapter seeks to interrogate themanifest failure of Islamism as a political ideology in addressing worsening environmental standards, contrary to oft-cited claims of Islam being a solution to all problems. A lack of spirituality in the programme of activists and parties that purportedly champion Islam is identified as a bane that urgently needs addressing, especially if elements of the Malaysian state are adamant in maintaining Islam as a partner and contributor to development.
Professor Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid
Universiti Sains Malaysia
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This page is a summary of: Islam and the Environment: The Challenge of Developmental Politics in Malaysia with Special Reference to PAS’s Rule in Kelantan, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-33-4568-3_11.
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