The Politics of Islamic Death Rituals in the COVID-19 Era The Case of Egypt

Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal; Matthew Ryan Sparks

doi:10.3167/ame.2022.170102

The Politics of Islamic Death Rituals in the COVID-19 Era The Case of Egypt

Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal, Matthew Ryan Sparks

Department of Middle East Studies

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Abstract

Throughout the Islamic world, the era of COVID-19 has witnessed controversial changes to highly ritualised traditional Islamic funeral rites. To combat the pandemic in Egypt, the government and Al-Azhar implemented restrictions surrounding group prayer and burial which many Egyptians viewed as impinging on their religious duties as well as on their ability to mourn.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-27
Number of pages	20
Journal	Anthropology of the Middle East
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3167/ame.2022.170102
State	Published - 1 Jun 2022

Keywords

Al-azhar
Covid-19
Death rituals
Egypt
Fiqh
Islam
Public health

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