Animals in Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures by Foltz, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

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

Initiatives at Al-Azhar

3 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 Advocacy on the Internet Not 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