Islamic Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in India and Pakistan

Martin Thomas Riexinger

Islamic Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in India and Pakistan

Bidragets oversatte titel: Islamiske svar på Covid-19 pandemien i Indien og Pakistan

Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Arabisk og Islamstudier, fag

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Ligesom i verdens fleste lande reagerede Indiens og pakistans regeringer med nedlukninger på spredning af COVID-19 virus som i princippet skulle også inkludere religiøse institutioner og ritualer. I Pakistan blev de sunnitiske moskeer dog åbne fordi regeringen havde ingen hjemmel for at gennemtvinge nedluk-ningen imod de autonome religiøse organisationer. I Indien ful-gte de muslimiske organisationer dog, og forsøgte at vise sig som det “ansvarlige mindretal” grundet spændinger med den hind-unationalistiske regering og også fordi en forsamling af Tablīghī Jamā'at havde bidraget betydeligt til spredning a smittet i landet og udenfor. I Pakistan var det derimod shiiterne som spillede rolle som det “ansvarlige mindretal” ved at lukke moskeerne. I det hele set viste muslimiske organisationer og ledere ingen stor interesse i tage til sygdommen, dem som ytrer sig på internettet henvender sig i forvejen til et højere uddannet publikum og er mere positivt indstillet over for nedlukninger

Bidragets oversatte titel	Islamiske svar på Covid-19 pandemien i Indien og Pakistan
Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Tidsskrift for Islamforskning
Vol/bind	15
Nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	81-112
Antal sider	32
ISSN	1901-9580
Status	Udgivet - apr. 2021

Emneord

COVID 19
Coronakrise
Islam
Islam i Sydasien
Indien
Pakistan
sekterisme
hindunationalisme

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https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/125960

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Er COVID-19 grund nok til at suspendere fredagsbønnen? En Fatwa fra Singapore som eksempel for pragmatisk, statsislamisk argumentation
Riexinger, M. T., maj 2021, I: Religion. Tidsskriftet for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF. 2, s. 38-45
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Formidling
Globale reaktioner på COVID-19: religion og trossamfund i en krisetid
Riexinger, M. T., Thorsen, J. E., Fibiger, T. B., Fibiger, M. Q. & Borup, J., mar. 2021, Religion I Danmark 2020. Vejrup, M. & Christensen, H. R. (red.). Aarhus: Århus Universitet, s. 131-141 (Religion i Danmark).
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Islam og Coronakrisen
Fibiger, T. B. & Riexinger, M. T., mar. 2021, Religion i Danmark 2020. Vejrup, M. & Christensen, H. R. (red.). Aarhus: Århus Universitet, s. 149-159 (Religion i Danmark).
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Religious responses to Covid-19 in media and politics
Martin Thomas Riexinger (Deltager)
26 apr. 2021
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Islamic Responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in India and Pakistan

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Er COVID-19 grund nok til at suspendere fredagsbønnen? En Fatwa fra Singapore som eksempel for pragmatisk, statsislamisk argumentation

Globale reaktioner på COVID-19: religion og trossamfund i en krisetid

Islam og Coronakrisen

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Religious responses to Covid-19 in media and politics

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