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Joe Wardle

CHRISTIANITY Baptism 

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“You cannot enter the kingdom of God unless you have been born by water and spirit” (John 3:3) “Love one another. As I have loved you” (John 13:34) “Those who believe and are baptised will be saved” (Mark 16:16) “In the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”

Environmental Ethics 

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“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” (Matthew 5:6) “The Lord took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and take care of it” (Gen 2:15) “The Earth is the Lord” (Psalm 24:1)

Pope John XXIII 

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“I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you” (John 13:15) "It is not that the Gospel has changed; it is that we have begun to understand it better." (Pope John) “Peace is found on truth, built up by justice, nurtured by charity and bought into effect by freedom” (Pacem in Terris, 1963)

ISLAM Hajj 

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"Perform the visit and pilgrimage to Mecca for Allah" (Qur’an 2:196) “Hajj is a duty that all mankind owes to Allah” (Surah 3:19) “Here I am, O God of thy command” (Tawaf chant) “Hajj shall be observed in the specified months… whatever good you do, God is fully aware thereof” (Qur’an 2:197)

Environmental Ethics 

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Adherents must ensure they are “subservient… to those things in the land” (Qur’an 16:12) “Only take what you are prepared to give” (Hadith) “Do not upset the balance” (Qur’an 55:7) “He sees how you acquit yourselves” (Hadith)

Sayyid Qutb 

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“Humanity will see no tranquility, no peace, progress of natural and spiritual advances without a Halal response to Allah” (In the Shade of the Qur’an) Qutb believed the “whole world has stepped into Jahiliyyah” (Milestones) Qutb strove to “restore the Islamic community back to its original form” (Milestones) “Islamic community is jahiliyya as it does not obey Shar’ia – or God’s rule on earth. (Milestones)

BUDDHISM Wesak 

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“If a person does a meritorious deed, they shall do it again and again for accumulating good merit as it is a blissful thing” (Dhammapada) “Wesak is an opportunity to celebrate the Buddha’s life, enlightenment and parinirvana” (Dalai Lama)

Environmental Ethics 

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“According to Buddhist teaching, there is a very close interdependence between the natural environment and the sentient beings living in it” (14th Dalai Lama) An adherent’s “Right view” is their ‘oneness’ with the environment “Universal responsibility to have clear awareness” (14th Dalai Lama) “Do not accept two robes as a gift when only one is needed” (Upasaka Sila Sutra) “The noble one is not he who harms sentient beings. The noble one is he who does not harm sentient beings” (Dhammapada)

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“Through his instruction in Dharma, abstention from killing and non-injury to living beings” (Rock Edict 4, Ahimsa) “I must promote the welfare of the whole world and hard work” (Rock Edict 6, Metta) “In my domain no living beings are to be slaughtered or offered in sacrifice” (Rock Edict 1, Ahimsa) “No society can prosper if its aimed at making things easier, instead it should aim at making people stronger” (Asoka)

RELIGION AND PEACE Christianity 

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“The peace of God, which is beyond all understanding, will guard your hearts” (Philippians 4:7) “My heart is restless until it rests in God” (writings of St Augustine) “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:43) “Blessed are the peacemakers, for theirs is the kingdom of God” (Matthew 4:9) “Peace of heart, social peace and international peace.” (1963 encyclical ‘Pacem in Terris’) “Love is patient and kind” (1 Corinthians 13:4)

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“Islam” known as “Path of Peace” (Surah 5:16) “When they pledged allegiance… he sent tranquillity upon them” (Qur’an 48:18) “The person who struggles so that Allah’s word is supreme is the one serving Allah” (Hadith) “Allah is with the steadfast” (Qur’an 8:56) “Allah abhors disturbance of the peace” (Qur’an 9:14) Allah is the “Bringer of Peace” (99 Names, Qur’an 59:23)...