Comparison of Environment Protection and Public Health Practices in Islamic Culture to the Modern Regulations

The whole world suffers nowadays from the environmental pollution and arising new diseases. Islamic culture places great emphasis. For protecting the environment and preserving human public health. Islam forbids wasting of resources and destroying the environment as it makes the environment conservation is a religious duty of every Muslim. Various Islamic habits were practiced for centuries ago concerning about the cleanliness and avoiding diseases spread, which have recently been approved by health organizations and scientific theories. In this paper, all these practices were collected, analyzed, and compared to the recent approved health habits worldwide. The results confirmed that Muslims have the priority before many modern nations for safeguarding the environment and public health. Islam guides significantly people to safeguard the environment and preserve the resources. It is proved that most of the modern guidelines organizing human rights and duties align with Islamic teachings practiced centuries ago.

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