Avoiding Harm
eBook - ePub

Avoiding Harm

A Muslim Response to COVID-19

  1. 182 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Avoiding Harm

A Muslim Response to COVID-19

About this book

Research scholars have lamented the fact that most of the extant studies on religious responses to the COVID-19 pandemic focus on a particular religious group, typically Christian. This book fills this lacuna by providing some useful insights into how one Muslim religious institution responded to the pandemic. It portrays the sermons, advice, and guidance provided to the Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) congregation in Cape Town, South Africa, by its Imams and elected board of governors during the course of the pandemic. The book carries a concluding chapter by Professor R. Scott Appleby, an expert in the study of lived religion, who critically reflects on this collection of sermons and the response of the mosque by providing some independent ruminations on the themes of religion, science, and the human person.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: Responding Compassionately to the Coronavirus
  5. Chapter 2: The Preservation of Life and Temporary Closure of the Mosque
  6. Chapter 3: Taking COVID-19 Vaccine Is an Act of Charity
  7. Chapter 4: Transforming Our Homes into Sanctuaries of Prayer and Solace
  8. Chapter 5: Physically Distant but Spiritually Connected
  9. Chapter 6: Family Resilience in the Midst of the Pandemic
  10. Chapter 7: Seeking Solace in Ritual Prayer and Supplication
  11. Chapter 8: Nurturing Spiritual Fortitude through Fasting
  12. Chapter 9: Death and Bereavement
  13. Chapter 10: Spread Good News, Not Fake News
  14. Chapter 11: Ḥajj
  15. Chapter 12: The Pandemic and the Prospect for Renewing the Spirit and Etiquette of the Friday Congregational Jumu`ah Service77
  16. Chapter 13: Imagining a More Compassionate Post-COVID-19 World
  17. Chapter 14: Timeless Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
  18. Conclusion
  19. Claremont Main Road Mosque’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  20. Appendix
  21. Abbreviations and Translation of Arabic Words, Names and Phrases
  22. Bibliography