Food Security and Islamic Ethics: Rights, Policies and Vulnerable Groups

Bringing together an array of esteemed scholars, this insightful book considers how Islamic ethics influences responses to the pressing challenge of global sustainable food security.

Food Security and Islamic Ethics explores three overarching areas: the world response to the challenge of sustainable food security; the Islamic perspective on addressing food security issues; and concerns for the most vulnerable groups facing this crisis, including women, children, migrants and the displaced. Chapters present in-depth case studies from locations across the globe, including Africa, Asia and North America. Ultimately, the book addresses how Islamic ethics can and does inform policy and practice in order to secure adequate food and nutrition for populations in the Muslim world and Muslims in non-Muslim countries.

This incisive book is a crucial resource for students and academics concerned with ethics and Islam, development studies, agricultural economics and food security, sociology and anthropology. Infusing case studies with practical applications, it is also useful for think tank and NGO policymakers, alongside professionals specialising in food security in efforts to meet the second Sustainable Development Goal: zero hunger.

Edited by Ray Jureidini, formerly Professor of Migration Ethics and Human Rights, College of Islamic Studies, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar, Said Fares Hassan, Assistant Professor, Department of Arabic and Translation Studies, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates and Dalal Aassouli, Assistant Professor of Islamic and Sustainable Finance, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar