Tags: talks, islam, covid
- No explicit islamic jurisprudence on contagions
- questions about the plague have existed since early islam
- 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
- 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