First Ever Fatwa Issued Against Wildlife Trafficking

Invoking the Koran, Indonesia’s top clerical body declares wildlife trafficking to be forbidden.

By Bryan Christy
National Geographic
March 4, 2014

Indonesia’s top Muslim clerical body has issued a fatwa, or edict, against illegal wildlife trafficking.

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