The Earth Is Your Mosque (and Everyone Else’s Too): Online Muslim Environmentalism and Interfaith Collaboration in UK and Singapore

摘要

TheenvironmentalistgroupWisdominNature(WIN)andtheonlinenetworkProjectME:MuslimsandtheEnvironmenthavebeenchosenforanalysis,fromtheUKandSingaporerespectively,toillustrateexamplesofMuslimenvironmentalistswhousetheInternet,asacomplementtocommunity-basedactivism,toraiseawarenessofenvironmentalconcernsamongbothMuslimsandnon-Muslims.IwillexplorehowWINandProjectMEseektopromoteaninterpretationofIslamicpracticethatisbothenvironmentallyresponsibleandopentoclosecollaborationwithnon-Muslimsasaconsequenceofbeingholisticallyprotectiveofallinexistence,bothhumanandotherwise.Insodoing,IhopetodemonstratehowtheInternetisusedtofacilitatetheintroductionofinterestedMuslimsandnon-Muslimsintopractical,off-lineenvironmentalism,seenasanemotionalcommunity(Hetherington1998),byminimizingthedifferencesinculture,communicationstylesorreligiousbeliefthatcouldotherwiseposedifficulties.