Environmentalism and Sustainability as an Expression of Islamic Morality

The present essay relates to a line of enquir y that focuses on the Islamic contribution to the values held in common by different cultural traditions, with the aim of working towards a shared ethical conscience and peaceful coexistence in the cities of a globalised world. The essay emphasises cultural specificities, starting with the ter-minology currently used to describe environmentalism and sustainability. Drawing on the works of a number of contemporar y Arab Muslim intellectuals, my enquir y aims to look at environmental sustainability from an Islamic perspective, and to address it as part of the ethical heritage of Islam.