Abu Sayem
Biographic Data
| ID | 311824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abu Sayem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abu |
| FAMILY NAME | Sayem |
| SIGNATURE | SAYEM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Dhaka |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6690-0982 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Relevance of Ecological Teachings and Practices of Prophet Muḥammad to the Environmental Sustainability of Dhaka City
The paper briefly discusses the eco-religious teachings and practices of Prophet Muḥammad (peace be on him) and then connects them with the environmental sustainability of Dhaka city. It also explains why the Prophetic ecological guidelines are relevant to the restoration of Dhaka city’s ecological sustainability and how a Muslim-majority city like Dhaka can really benefit from the Prophetic ecological teachings to solve its environmental problem…
Citizens' Behavioral Acceptance of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the Electoral Culture of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a democratic country that has implemented electronic voting machines (EVMs) to make elections more efficient, secure, accurate, and timely. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that influence behavioral intentions to use EVM. The study identified four independent variables based on the literature behind citizens' intentions to use EVM. The study followed an explanatory research approach among e-voters in Dhaka, Bangla…
Delving into Piper chaba- based agroforestry system in northern Bangladesh
As an eco-friendly land management strategy, agroforestry can combine farming, forestry, and livestock to provide an assortment of ecosystem services (ES). Piper Chaba- based agroforestry system (PCAFS), a prevalent agroforestry system in northern Bangladesh appeared to protect the environment while offering diversified ES, however, there was insufficient literature-based data to back these claims. Addressing this discrepancy, the study surveyed …
Religion and Ecological Crisis
Religion and Ecological Crisis delves into the complex relationship between religions and ecology, presenting Christian and Islamic perspectives on ecological issues through the work of John Boswell Cobb and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. It examines how faith traditions of the world see and respond to our current unprecedented climate change issues. This is the first comparative study of Cobb and Nasr’s eco-religious understanding, and explores how their …
The Eco-Religious Understandings of John B. Cobb, Jr. and Seyyed Hossein Nasr
The present study deals with the religious moral teachings in connection with environmental sustainability by focusing on some eco-religious understandings of two contemporary scholars John B. Cobb, Jr. and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. By presenting a comparative analysis of their eco-religious views, the paper highlights their distinctive suggestions for ecological sustainability. In so doing, the paper aims to show why their eco-religious views seem es…
Religions and Environmental Sustainability
John B. Cobb Jr. and Seyyed Hossein Nasr attempt to bring religious moral foundation into the discourse on environmental sustainability. The present study focuses how Cobb and Nasr address the ecological crisis in connection with their respective faith traditions. It investigates whether their eco-theological thoughts are complementary in contextualising religious moral foundations with the present environmental problems. By making a comparative …
Eco-Religious Teachings and Environmental Sustainability
The present research project aims to make Bangladeshi people more aware of human-nature relationship so that they can work from their own levels for the environmental sustainability. This study focuses why eco-religious understanding is necessary to work for environmental sustainability and how it can contribute as an alternative approach to reducing the present ecological crisis. Here Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s eco-spiritual approach is used as a too…
Building Eco-Theological and Bio-Centric Approach to Environmental Ethics
This paper discusses John B. Cobb’s interpretation of Christian ecological moral foundation based on his “process theological” understanding as well as his critics to traditional Christian view of human supremacy over non-human creatures. It aims to explore Cobb’s eco-theological understanding based on bio-centric environmental approach and explore why his eco-theological thought becomes significant for the ongoing discourses on environmental eth…
Islam and Environmental Ethics
The present paper deals with Islamic moral teachings of the environment from a Qur’ānic perspective. It attempts to correlate some familiar Qur’ānic terms with human moral responsibility towards the natural world. The paper investigates whether the Islamic view of the natural world supports the anthropocentric and bio-centric approach to environmental ethics or not. In so doing, the paper aims to present an Islamic balancing approach to the envir…
Factors associated with duration of breastfeeding in Bangladesh
Healthcare providers and decision makers can consider these findings to make plan for counseling of mothers and family members to promote optimum DB practice in first 2 years of baby's life
Religious Perspectives on Environmental Issues
The interview was taken on June 21, 2019 from 11:25 am to12:35 pm at Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s office at 2130 HStreet, NW/Gelman Library, Suite 709 R, the George WashingtonUniversity, Washington, DC 20052, USA. The interview wasrecorded by Mr. Halim Miftah, Professor Nasr’s personal secretary,on the interviewer’s personal phone
Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s Works on Environmental Issues
This review essay focuses synthesising Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s (b. 1933) views on ecological questions through a critical analysis of his works on eco-religious understanding from a practical perspective. It aims to make the reader familiar with Nasr’s eco-philosophical and eco-spiritual thought and show how he connects the present ecological issues with religious and spiritual traditions of the world, making a significant contribution to sustainin…
Assessment of knowledge regarding tuberculosis among non-medical university students in Bangladesh
In the present study demonstrated that the level of general knowledge about TB was insufficient among non-medical university students. Consequently, health education program is needed to improve the knowledge among university students regarding TB
Associated Factors of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Rajshahi City of Bangladesh
Tuberculosis (TB) is a social disease and several socio-economic factors have significant effects on TB. The aim of this study is to assess the factors associated with the Pulmonary TB (PTB). A cross-sectional study was carried out at Rajshahi City, Bangladesh and 384 TB patients were interviewed through a structured questionnaire. Univariate analysis was used to find out the percentage distributions of the variables. Chi-square test was performe…
Citizens' Behavioral Acceptance of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the Electoral Culture of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a democratic country that has implemented electronic voting machines (EVMs) to make elections more efficient, secure, accurate, and timely. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that influence behavioral intentions to use EVM. The study identified four independent variables based on the literature behind citizens' intentions to use EVM. The study followed an explanatory research approach among e-voters in Dhaka, Bangla…
Associated Factors of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Rajshahi City of Bangladesh
Tuberculosis (TB) is a social disease and several socio-economic factors have significant effects on TB. The aim of this study is to assess the factors associated with the Pulmonary TB (PTB). A cross-sectional study was carried out at Rajshahi City, Bangladesh and 384 TB patients were interviewed through a structured questionnaire. Univariate analysis was used to find out the percentage distributions of the variables. Chi-square test was performe…
Assessment of knowledge regarding tuberculosis among non-medical university students in Bangladesh
In the present study demonstrated that the level of general knowledge about TB was insufficient among non-medical university students. Consequently, health education program is needed to improve the knowledge among university students regarding TB
Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s Works on Environmental Issues
This review essay focuses synthesising Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s (b. 1933) views on ecological questions through a critical analysis of his works on eco-religious understanding from a practical perspective. It aims to make the reader familiar with Nasr’s eco-philosophical and eco-spiritual thought and show how he connects the present ecological issues with religious and spiritual traditions of the world, making a significant contribution to sustainin…
Religious Perspectives on Environmental Issues
The interview was taken on June 21, 2019 from 11:25 am to12:35 pm at Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s office at 2130 HStreet, NW/Gelman Library, Suite 709 R, the George WashingtonUniversity, Washington, DC 20052, USA. The interview wasrecorded by Mr. Halim Miftah, Professor Nasr’s personal secretary,on the interviewer’s personal phone
Religions and Environmental Sustainability
John B. Cobb Jr. and Seyyed Hossein Nasr attempt to bring religious moral foundation into the discourse on environmental sustainability. The present study focuses how Cobb and Nasr address the ecological crisis in connection with their respective faith traditions. It investigates whether their eco-theological thoughts are complementary in contextualising religious moral foundations with the present environmental problems. By making a comparative …
Eco-Religious Teachings and Environmental Sustainability
The present research project aims to make Bangladeshi people more aware of human-nature relationship so that they can work from their own levels for the environmental sustainability. This study focuses why eco-religious understanding is necessary to work for environmental sustainability and how it can contribute as an alternative approach to reducing the present ecological crisis. Here Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s eco-spiritual approach is used as a too…
Building Eco-Theological and Bio-Centric Approach to Environmental Ethics
This paper discusses John B. Cobb’s interpretation of Christian ecological moral foundation based on his “process theological” understanding as well as his critics to traditional Christian view of human supremacy over non-human creatures. It aims to explore Cobb’s eco-theological understanding based on bio-centric environmental approach and explore why his eco-theological thought becomes significant for the ongoing discourses on environmental eth…
Islam and Environmental Ethics
The present paper deals with Islamic moral teachings of the environment from a Qur’ānic perspective. It attempts to correlate some familiar Qur’ānic terms with human moral responsibility towards the natural world. The paper investigates whether the Islamic view of the natural world supports the anthropocentric and bio-centric approach to environmental ethics or not. In so doing, the paper aims to present an Islamic balancing approach to the envir…
Factors associated with duration of breastfeeding in Bangladesh
Healthcare providers and decision makers can consider these findings to make plan for counseling of mothers and family members to promote optimum DB practice in first 2 years of baby's life
Religion and Ecological Crisis
Religion and Ecological Crisis delves into the complex relationship between religions and ecology, presenting Christian and Islamic perspectives on ecological issues through the work of John Boswell Cobb and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. It examines how faith traditions of the world see and respond to our current unprecedented climate change issues. This is the first comparative study of Cobb and Nasr’s eco-religious understanding, and explores how their …
The Eco-Religious Understandings of John B. Cobb, Jr. and Seyyed Hossein Nasr
The present study deals with the religious moral teachings in connection with environmental sustainability by focusing on some eco-religious understandings of two contemporary scholars John B. Cobb, Jr. and Seyyed Hossein Nasr. By presenting a comparative analysis of their eco-religious views, the paper highlights their distinctive suggestions for ecological sustainability. In so doing, the paper aims to show why their eco-religious views seem es…
Delving into Piper chaba- based agroforestry system in northern Bangladesh
As an eco-friendly land management strategy, agroforestry can combine farming, forestry, and livestock to provide an assortment of ecosystem services (ES). Piper Chaba- based agroforestry system (PCAFS), a prevalent agroforestry system in northern Bangladesh appeared to protect the environment while offering diversified ES, however, there was insufficient literature-based data to back these claims. Addressing this discrepancy, the study surveyed …
Relevance of Ecological Teachings and Practices of Prophet Muḥammad to the Environmental Sustainability of Dhaka City
The paper briefly discusses the eco-religious teachings and practices of Prophet Muḥammad (peace be on him) and then connects them with the environmental sustainability of Dhaka city. It also explains why the Prophetic ecological guidelines are relevant to the restoration of Dhaka city’s ecological sustainability and how a Muslim-majority city like Dhaka can really benefit from the Prophetic ecological teachings to solve its environmental problem…
Citizens' Behavioral Acceptance of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the Electoral Culture of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a democratic country that has implemented electronic voting machines (EVMs) to make elections more efficient, secure, accurate, and timely. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that influence behavioral intentions to use EVM. The study identified four independent variables based on the literature behind citizens' intentions to use EVM. The study followed an explanatory research approach among e-voters in Dhaka, Bangla…
Philosophy (7 works) · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Environmental ethics (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sustainability (5 works) · Biology (4 works)