Shaykh Dr Mehdi Hazari at the ICAIR Conference 2025, Jaffari Community Centre, Toronto.
Speaker
Shaykh Dr. Mehdi Hazari is a neurophysiologist and environmental scientist by profession. He examines the health impacts of climate change and environmental pollution, and addresses factors of population susceptibility. He is also adjunct faculty in Medicine at UNC-CH and chair of graduate admissions. Shaykh Hazari is also a religious scholar, resident alim of the Shia community in the Triangle, NC, and Head of Religious Education and Research of IMAM, the Liaison Office of Sayyid al-Sistani in North America.
In this talk
- 0:00 · Speaker Background and Context
- 1:30 · Rights, Reciprocity, and Moral Obligation in Islamic Thought
- 3:00 · Divine Gifts, Responsibility, and the Concept of Accountability
- 4:10 · Environmental Ethics in Islam
- 5:35 · Global Poverty Distribution and Patterns of Consumption
- 7:15 · Plastic Use, Waste Production, and Environmental Inequality
- 11:30 · Multidimensional Poverty: Nutrition, Education, and Living Conditions
- 15:05 · The Qur’anic Concept of Fasād (Corruption)
- 19:40 · Qur’anic Guidance on Consumption, Charity, and Waste
- 21:30 · Barriers to Sustainable Practice and Community-Level Solutions