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Introduction | VII

Dr. Ingrid Mattson

The Islamic View on Consumption & Material

Development in Light of Environmental Pollution | 1

Dr. Murad Wilfried Hofmann

The Protection of Animals in Islam | 19

Dr. Martin Arneth

Basic Demands Established in the Christian

Bible to Assume Responsibility for the World | 25

Dr. Dietmar Mieth

Christian Conceptions of Creation, Environmental Ethics,

and the Ecological Challenge Today | 39

Notes on Contributors | 87

Appendix: Joint Statement on the

Uppsala Interfaith Climate Manifesto 2008 | 89



n September 2010, the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for

Islamic Thought in cooperation with the Eugen-Biser



Foundation (Germany) held a symposium entitled ‘Is-

lam, Christianity and the Environment’ at the Baptism Site



in Jordan.



The symposium was another event in the series of dia-

logues driven by the global Muslim-Christian interfaith ini-

tiative, A Common Word (acommonword.com).



It brought together a small group of Muslim and Christian

scholars to discuss how each religion views the environment.



This exchange helped both sides achieve a better understand-

ing of each others’ perspective, and also led to a strengthening



of the response from all faiths to the current environmental



crisis. All participants ended the event by endorsing HE Arch-

bishop of Sweden Anders Wejrud’s environmental initiative,



[The Uppsala Manifesto], which calls for religious communi-

ties to rally toward a global climate strategy.



This booklet brings together four papers presented at the

symposium.