The Islamic Foundation

This book attempts to bring out the kind and compassionate Islamic teachings regarding animal welfare. The Islamic instruction and guidance on animals needs and mans obligations concerning animals is so comprehensive that Muslims need not go elsewhere for any guidance. Not to be cruel or even to be condescendingly kind to the so-called inferior animals is a negative proposition. Islam wants its adherents to think and act in the positive terms of accepting all species as communities like us in their own right and not to sit in judgment on them according to our human norms and values. The book also examines animal sacrifice as practised by the adherents of major world religions. It raises the issue of the mass production of meat and exhorts the Muslim community, in the West particularly, to tackle the issue of Halal meat in an appropriate manner.

Here is a tale of praise and gratitude, To the Power of the One, Who created the magnificent riches of the earth and the skies and then, Like a hidden treasure wanting to be known, Created us. And it is we alone among all creatures Who can reflect, And accept stewardship, And bow down in love and awe. A world waiting to be discovered, enjoyed and respected, but too often taken for granted. Beautifully written, discover our relationship with the treasures of this world! Written by Mehded Maryam Sinclair.