- Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta, which is responsible for issuing religious edicts (fatwas), recently approved the first fatwa charter for the fight against climate change based on Islamic law (Sharia) principles.
- The move came as part of Dar al-Ifta’s contribution to the implementation of sustainable development goals, resolution of climate change problems and raising awareness of the danger of climate change from a religious perspective.
- Dar al-Ifta’s fatwa charter is important because it is the first international document that promotes the criminalization and prohibition of environmentally harmful practices based on Islamic law, particularly those that are very common in Egyptian society such as encroachment on agricultural lands, pollution of water sources and waste burning.
<span>First climate-related fatwa prohibiting environmentally harmful practices issued in Egypt</span>
