Animals in Islamic traditions and Muslim cultures.
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[Book]
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New York :
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Oneworld Publications,
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2014.
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1 online resource (298 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION: ISLAM, MUSLIMS, AND NON-HUMAN ANIMALS; Muslims and Islam: Some Facts and Definitions; 1 ANIMALS IN ISLAMIC SOURCE TEXTS; The Role of Arab Norms; Cosmic Hierarchy in the Qur'an; The Hadiths; Meat-eating and Slaughter; 2 ANIMALS IN ISLAMIC LAW; Animals in the Classical Legal Texts; Laws Pertaining to Animals as Food; Obligations of Humans Towards Animals; Wild Animals; Domestic Animals; The Basis for Wildlife Conservation in Islamic Law; Hunting to Extinction; Wildlife Preserves in Islamic Law; The Need for a New Jurisprudence.
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Advocacy on the InternetNot a Mainstream View; Contemporary Muslim Views on Wildlife Conservation; 6 TOWARDS AN ISLAMIC VEGETARIANISM; Islamic Vegetarianism on the Rise; Compassion for Animals; Determining Lawful Foods: A Growing Challenge for Muslims; Islamic Social Justice and Animal Rights; To Kill or Not to Kill?; Food for Thought; 7 MUSLIM ATTITUDES TOWARDS DOGS; Dogs in Muslim Literature; Dogs in Sufi Literature; Some Modern-Day Muslim Defenders of Dogs; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Organizations; Index.
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Initiatives at Al-Azhar3 ANIMALS IN PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE; Animals in Islamic Philosophy; The Case of the Animals versus Man; Alive, Son of Awake; Scientific Works on Animals; The Book of Animals; The Lives of Animals; 4 ANIMALS IN LITERATURE AND ART; Animals in Muslim Literature; Animals in Arabic Literature; Kalila and Dimna; The Thousand and One Nights; Animals in Persian Literature; The Parrot Book; Sufi Literature; The Conference of the Birds; Jalal al-din Rumi; Other Sufi Sources; Animals in Art; 5 CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM VIEWS ON ANIMAL RIGHTS; B.A. Masri; Said Nursi.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book, the first of its kind, surveys Islamic and Muslim attitudes towards animals, and human responsibilities towards them, through Islam''s philosophy, literature, mysticism and art.
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OverDrive, Inc.
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4CDECFA7-3F4A-485D-9267-23EC41B2EF07
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Animals in Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures.