An Islamic Perspective on combating Environmental Abuse in South West Nigeria

An Islamic Perspective on Combating Environmental Abuse in South West Nigeria is a religio-ethical perspective on environmental sustainability from the lenses of Islam. The book discusses the correlation between Islam, ecology, ethics and environmental sustainability. It identifies a dichotomy between government establishments and religious authorities in the fight against both physical and moral desecration of the environment. Highlighting various forms of abuses of environmental elements of land, water and air in the most sophisticated and developed region in Nigeria, the South West, it develops theological framework criminalizing these abuses as unIslamic and sinful thereby requiring education and advocacy in combating them. The book recommends Islamic Integrated Approach using various commanding tools and platforms as means of combating environmental abuses and guarantying continuous meaningful and productive habitation of planet earth.