Contextualizing the Sustainable Development Goals in the normative framework of Islamic tradition

This study is the result of an in-depth literature review, consultations and numerous validation seminars with well-known religious scholars and teachers in Balochistan. The ultimate objective of this study is to include religious scholars and students in the development debate, recalling that they have traditionally not been active participants in development discourse. 

The consultations held to inform this study focused on themes wherein the messages of Islamic tradition and the messages of the Sustainable Development Goals overlap. Islamic tradition comprises the Holy Quran, the Hadith and Sunnah (the practice and sayings attributed to the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (P.B.U.H.), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) or Madhhab (schools of law), and Sharia (Islamic law, or the Code of Life). In order to ensure high quality discussion on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), detailed information on the SDGs was translated into Urdu.

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