EP: 101 Finland and Environment Part 4

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In Turkey, Özdemir has put himself at the forefront of the environmental movement, expressing support for protests against a controversial, Canadian-backed mine that Turks have accused of contributing to deforestation and other environmental issues.



Abroad, he has garnered the respect of ecotheology's greatest minds for changing how Muslims think of environmentalism. "The unique aspects of Özdemir's work include linking policy to practice," added Dr Odeh Rashid al-Jayyousi, chairman of the Innovation and Technology Management Department at Arabian Gulf University and author of Islam and Sustainable Development.

The closer climate change comes to destroying the Middle East, the greater the urgency Özdemir feels to mobilise Muslims against the world's greatest environmental crisis. "As God has created this world and entrusted it to human beings alone, they are not the owners and masters of the natural environment," concluded Özdemir.

"They are only trustees and stewards on Earth. We have to educate and enlighten Muslims that environmental awareness, caring for the environment and animals, and feeling concern over climate change, its daunting consequences, and all other related problems are our ethical and moral responsibilities."

In addition to studying Islam, Özdemir draws inspiration for his eco-friendly campaign from the need to safeguard the future of his four children and three grandchildren, who, according to him, "never saw a wild animal in nature – only in documentaries and zoos." "I have concerns about their future and the world they are going to live in," reflected Özdemir. "Therefore, caring for the environment and next generation is a moral imperative for me.

İbrahim Özdemir is a professor of philosophy and the Founding President of Hasan Kalyoncu University, Turkey. He holds a Doctorate degree in philosophy from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara and a Bachelor's degree in Islamic Theology and Islamic Philosophy from Ankara University Turkey.

Although his major is environmental ethics and environmental philosophy, he addresses various audiences concerning topics such as environmental philosophy, Muslim environmental thought, sustainable development, religion and the environment, interreligious and intercultural dialogue, peace education, and Higher Education Leadership.

Dr İbrahim Özdemir, the founding president of Hasan Kalyoncu University and author of The Ethical Dimension of Human Attitude Towards Nature: A Muslim Perspective, believes that the growing number of Muslim environmentalists can find inspiration for their aggressive campaign against global warming from Islam itself.

Özdemir notes that the Quran and other religious texts call on Muslims to defend the natural environment, a job more critical now than ever. "Özdemir notes that the Quran and other religious texts call on Muslims to defend the natural environment, a job more critical now than ever."

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We talked about:

- What can we learn from Finland?

- Does Islamic Ethics align with much disputed Gaia theory?

- Environmental Ethics and Islamic Environmental Ethics

- What is wealth in Prof. Ozdemir's experience?

- Value of Gratitude?

- Value of Time?

- The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam by Dr. Muhammad Iqbal

- Do you believe in afterlife?

- What is the purpose of your life?

- Moral integrity?

- Message of Hope?

- What lights you up?

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