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

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Anthropology of the Middle East

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. Utilising participant observation, interviews, and deductive research, this article explores the social and anthropological ramifications involved in the modification of traditional Islamic burial rituals in the era of COVID-19 and the negotiations involved amongst different actors, looking specifically at cases in Egypt

First Page

8

Last Page

27

DOI

10.3167/ame.2022.170102

Publication Date

6-1-2022

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS