Navigating Islamic Interpretation During the Pandemic

Tags: talks, islam, covid

Mohammad Fadel

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

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

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