ABSTRACT
Despite this situation, however, Islam continues to live as a powerful religious and spiritual force and its view of nature and the natural environment still has a hold upon the mind and soul of its adherents, especially in less modernized areas and also in some of the deeper attitudes toward nature. The role of this survival of the traditional view of nature can be seen in the refusal of Islamic society to surrender completely to the dicta of the machine despite the attempt of leaders of that world to introduce Western technology as much as and as soon as possible. This view is, therefore, significant for a global consideration of the environmental problem, not only because of its innate value but also because of its continuous influence upon Muslims, who comprise a fifth of the world’s population.
