Animals Rights & Animal Welfare: Prospects and Challenges

Nadeem Haque speaks on the panel, "Animal Rights & Animal Welfare: Prospects and Challenges," as part of the Fifth Annual Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Conference at Harvard University, held on April 5-6, 2013. The theme of the conference is "Communities Like You: Animals and Islam." To learn more, visit: islamicstudies.harvard.edu/conferences/

Nadeem Haque is a researcher and author interested in Animal Rights and Ecology and History of Science. His books include the series From Microbits to Everything; From Facts to Values: Certainty, Order, Balance and their Universal Implications; and philosophical fiction. Mr. Haque is the grandson of the late Al-Hafiz B.A. Masri, who is internationally recognized as a pioneer in the theology of animals and Islam and an ardent animal welfare activist. Besides his academic research and interests, Mr. Haque is a registered professional engineer (civil/structural and environmental) and currently the V.P. of Engineering Services at an engineering firm in Ontario.