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Islam, Muslims, and COVID-19

Islam, Muslims, and COVID-19

The Intersection of Ethics, Health and Social Life in the Diaspora

This book brings together diverse disciplinary perspectives to provide a multidisciplinary and multidimensional account of Muslim ethics operating in the COVID-19 era, where scriptural values, lived experiences, societal structures, and cultural contexts combine in fresh and diverse ways.

Dr. Aasim I. Padela

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About the book

Islam, Muslims, and COVID-19

The Intersection of Ethics, Health and Social Life in the Diaspora

This volume brings together diverse disciplinary perspectives to provide a multidisciplinary and multidimensional account of Muslim ethics operating in the COVID-19 era, where scriptural values, lived experiences, societal structures, and cultural contexts combine in fresh and diverse ways. Indeed, Islamic ethical evaluation often ignores contributions from the social sciences, and contextual factors are not fully understood when issuing Islamic edicts. This volume thus aims at a more connected account of how religious concerns generated challenges and how Muslims lived out their religious values during the pandemic. Alongside descriptive accounts are normative evaluations, and insights from interviews are connected with survey analyses; in this way, the chapters render a more complete account of the intersectional engagement of Muslim healthcare professionals and community members living in minority contexts with the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

What’s inside the book

1. Public Health and Religion

Explore the alignment of public health mandates with Islamic bioethical guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic, with insights into religious goals and healthcare policies.

2. Community, Religion, and Advocacy

Examine the intersection of healthcare advocacy, religion, and community efforts during the global pandemic, highlighting diverse perspectives and challenges faced.

3. Impact on Healthcare and Mental Health

Discover the effects of COVID-19 on healthcare access for immigrant populations and analyze the mental health and coping mechanisms of Muslims during the pandemic.

4. Islamic Perspectives on Pandemics

Delve into an Islamic ethico-legal framework for pandemics, reflections of Muslim healthcare workers, and the impact of Ramadan fasting on COVID-19 outcomes.

The Editors

Aasim I. Padela

Dr. Padela is a bioethicist, community health researcher, and emergency medicine clinician. As a multidisciplinary academic scholar, Dr. Padela holds an MD from Weill Cornell Medical College, an MSc in Healthcare Research from the University of
Michigan, a BS in Biomedical Engineering, and a BA in Classical Arabic from the University of Rochester. His formal training includes a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Rochester, a health services research fellowship at the University of Michigan, a medical ethics fellowship at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago, and an Islamic theology & law fellowship at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.

Dr. Aminah Al-Deen

Dr. Aminah Beverly (McCloud) Al-Deen is professor emerita of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University. In 2006, she founded the United States’ first undergraduate baccalaureate program in Islamic World Studies. She is the former Editor in Chief of the Journal of Islamic Law & Culture.
Dr. Al-Deen is a Senior Fulbright Scholar, host of Critical Talk a Muslim Network TV production, executive board member of IMAN (Inner City Muslim Action Network), board member of Soundvision, Muslim Mental Health, Muslim Arc, Greenwood Policy Institute and the American editor for the Muslim Minorities in the West Series for Brill Publishers. Dr. Al-Deen is also the Project Director and Primary Investigator of the BlackAmerican Muslim Internationalism Project (BAMI).

Know about the Editors

Shafiq W. Ahmed

Anam Tariq

Marium Husain

Sana Syed

Ummesalmah

Abdul Baseer

Maham Mirza

Moina Hussain

Aisha Zafar

Urooj Rehman

Fatema Mirza

Constance Shabazz

Osman Umarji

Aafreen A. Mahmood

Leena Raza

Rania Awaad

Diane Ameena Mitchell

Shaza Khan

Karim Mitha

Salman Waqar

Miqdad Asaria

Mehrunisha

Suleiman Nazim

Ghouri

Rafaqat Rashid

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