03/07/2026 09:00
- 12:20
HALL: Pola - A204
Contact:
Hamasha O.E.
Chair:
Awwad N.,
Hamasha O.E.
This open panel examines the integration of environmental learning into Islamic religious studies in response to contemporary ecological crises and the inequalities they intensify. Climate change and environmental degradation disproportionately affect communities in the Global South and marginalised populations, raising urgent questions about environmental justice, access to knowledge, and the ethical responsibilities of religious institutions. Islamic higher education and religious leadership training thus emerge as influential yet under-examined sites for addressing environmental inequality through pedagogy, theology, and public engagement. Bringing together perspectives from theology, education, and applied religious practice, the panel explores how Islamic texts, traditions, and institutions are mobilised to cultivate environmental awareness and responsibility. It addresses the challenge of translating normative religious sources into contemporary environmental pedagogy, alongside the institutional constraints faced by universities and training program in diverse socio-political contexts. The panel features complementary studies tracing the movement from text to practice. Contributions include a case study of curriculum reform at the University of Jordan, examining efforts to integrate climate change, sustainability, and environmental ethics into Islamic higher education; analyses of climate education integration in Indonesian Islamic universities through faculty development; a study of imam training in Jordan focusing on jurisprudential frameworks and institutional links with the Ministry of Awqaf; and a textual analysis of modern Qur?anic interpretation engaging concepts such as stewardship, reform, corruption, and justice. As an open panel, it invites further contributions across Islamic and comparative religious contexts, fostering critical dialogue on religion's role in confronting environmental inequality and shaping sustainable futures.
