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Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures

Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures Book Reviews / Worldviews 11 (2007) 353-381 363 Richard C. Foltz. Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures . Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2006. 192 pp. ISBN: 1851683984. US$19.95. It is most fitting to begin this review with the first line of the text itself: “Th is is a book I had hoped someone else would write” (p. xi). Richard Foltz is a Visiting Scholar at Concordia University, Montreal. More than any other scholar, he has contributed to the study of Islam and Ecology, so he delves into the topic of animals in Islam with significant preparation. Foltz does so in this book with clarity and integrity, requisite since he rec- ognizes explicitly that he cannot speak for a Muslim audience and is not a recognized legal scholar in Islam. Rather, as a trained academic, he is trying to present the textual, traditional, and visual material of varied Muslim cultures spanning almost fourteen centuries. But it would do an injustice to the author if I did not stress his hesitancy to present this topic from his position. He implores Muslim scholars and legal experts to address it from within the tradition as well. Foltz follows a traditional trajectory in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Worldviews Brill

Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures

Hobgood-Oster, Laura
Worldviews , Volume 11 (3): 363 – Jan 1, 2007
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© 2007 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1363-5247
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10.1163/156853507X230609
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Book Reviews / Worldviews 11 (2007) 353-381 363 Richard C. Foltz. Animals in Islamic Tradition and Muslim Cultures . Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2006. 192 pp. ISBN: 1851683984. US$19.95. It is most fitting to begin this review with the first line of the text itself: “Th is is a book I had hoped someone else would write” (p. xi). Richard Foltz is a Visiting Scholar at Concordia University, Montreal. More than any other scholar, he has contributed to the study of Islam and Ecology, so he delves into the topic of animals in Islam with significant preparation. Foltz does so in this book with clarity and integrity, requisite since he rec- ognizes explicitly that he cannot speak for a Muslim audience and is not a recognized legal scholar in Islam. Rather, as a trained academic, he is trying to present the textual, traditional, and visual material of varied Muslim cultures spanning almost fourteen centuries. But it would do an injustice to the author if I did not stress his hesitancy to present this topic from his position. He implores Muslim scholars and legal experts to address it from within the tradition as well. Foltz follows a traditional trajectory in

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