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Navigating Islamic Interpretation During the Pandemic [ac977e2b]

Tags: talks, islam, covid

1. Mohammad Fadel

  • No explicit islamic jurisprudence on contagions
  • questions about the plague have existed since early islam

2. Badr al-Saif

  • State in the gulf is not always in command of religion
  • notable opposition against the lockdowns in kuwait
  • Oman/Kuwait have maintained closures of mosques
  • Qatar keeps the state mosques open
  • Performative small groups for jumma

3. HA Heller

  • South Africa and the UK both have bought into the medical arguments fairly early
  • Partially because they are minorities and not tied with the state