We ought to be first people to champion the cause as the shariah is clear without ambiguity. There are clear cut rules and shari principles to safeguard animals, enviornment and obviously human. Unfortunatly we have gone so far away from the state fitra that we think these concepts are alien. Every single created being will be witness against us for our transgression. Irionically it is the rich arab countries with their loveaffair with anything artifical and 4 wheel drive that slaps the ideals of Islamic ethos and hence exhibit the same type of self gratification culture of the west. www.ifees.org.uk