Environmental protection highly emphasized in holy Quran - Sheikh Taskhiri

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The Chairman of the Interreligious and Cultural Dialogue Center Affiliated to with the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization speaking in a webinar attended by high- ranking officials of the Catholic Church of the Philippine title "The Role of Religion in Human Health" pointing to mutual impact of human and environment on each other, said protection of environment has been highly recommended in holy Quran.

According to Public Relations Department of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), Sheikh Mohammad Mahdi Taskhiri, talking about three elements of human being, nature and pandemic diseases said the human nature is common among the human being in general and this instinct in respect to theoretical and practical insight form a window for human knowledge about the universe and the creator and leads him to ultimate truth so that provide divine knowledge and understanding for the mankind about the universe.

He went on saying that human power and capabilities is not comparable with any other creature and that"s why when the God almighty created the man saluted himself for his creation. He added that human being is the only creature that has the ability to discover all the secrets of the creation and understand the relationship among various phenomenon such as human being, Sun, Moon, Earth and galaxies and whatever exists around him and this blessing is only given to man and being thankful about it means preserving and promoting the heavenly given benedictions.

The Chairman of the Interreligious and Cultural Dialogue Center said one of the most important teachings of the holy Quran and Islam is the need for protection, flourishing and expansion of the environment adding that according to scientist today most of the disease are due to improper dealing and treatment of the human environment. According to Hojatoleslam Taskhiri, a healthy environment brings up health and pious people and this phenomenon is not limited to any particular time, place and generation. He added that in the holy Quran any negligence or inflicting harm to the environment has been forbidden and those who do so will be subject to divine punishment.

Hojatoleslam Thaskhiri added that moderation is a desirable characteristic in all aspects of life including the environment and in religious books followers of faith and religions moderation has been advocated but at present time major powers are indifferent to this vital advice and by ignoring the rights of environment and people and emitting harmful industrial gases into atmosphere, create numerable challenges for future generations.

 The Chairman of the Interreligious and Cultural Dialogue Center also talked about the Coronavirus pandemic among those diseases that is caused by violation of the environmental law. Coronal and other pandemic Diseases such as AIDS (HIV), Ebola, SARS and Mers (MERS) and more recently Corona, have disrupted the normal life of the people of the world and the most important way to get rid of this universal plague is to follow health protocols, all of which are based on environmental elements.

Hojatoleslam Habibollah Babaee, Professor of the Gom humanities and Culture Research Center, speaking at the same webinar said there are meaningful correlations between religion and human health adding that according to the holy Quran religious belief and spirituality can will bring piety for human being.

Ms. Lilian Sizon, the managing Director of the institute of Religion for peace and the International Manager Filipino University talked about the outbreak and prevention of Coronavirus.

The seventh round of religious dialogue between the Center for the Dialogue of Religions and Cultures, the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, and the Catholic Church of the Philippines, titled "The Role of Religion in Human Health," was held as a webinar attended by Muslim and Christian thinkers from Iran and the Philippines who elaborated their views about the topic of discussion.

Mr. Abuzar Ebrahimi Turkman, President of the Islamic Culture and Relations  Organization, Hojatoleslam Younesi, Presidential Advisor, Mohammad Hossein Niknam, Member of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, Habibaullah Babaei, Professor of Gom Research Center for humanities and Culture  and Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture, Baqer Talebi Darabi, a faculty member at the University of Religions and Beliefs from Iran, and Archbishop Pabillo, Acting President of the Church of Manila, Bernard Pantin, Secretary-General of the Philippine Catholic Bishops "Conference, and Bishop Edwin della Pena, Chairman of the Bishops" Conference on Religions took part in this webinar and expressed their views about the topic of the dialogue.



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