Navigating Islamic Interpretation During the Pandemic [ac977e2b]
1. Mohammad Fadel
1. Mohammad Fadel
- No explicit islamic jurisprudence on contagions
- questions about the plague have existed since early islam
2. Badr al-Saif
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
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