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Masks, mosques and lockdowns: Islamic organisations navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

The article investigates COVID-19 related responses by Islamic associations and local mosques based on fieldwork in the German state of Lower Saxony. The inquiry focuses on the time prior to the first lockdown, during mosque closures, and around the opening phase, covering the months between Februar...

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Main Author: Emmerich, Arndt (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Issue: 3
ISSN:2363-6696
DOI:10.46586/er.12.2021.8900
Subjects:
Gottesdienst
Moschee
Religiöses Leben
Islamischer Verein
Verordnung
Schutz
Pandemie
COVID-19
Deutschland
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Author Notes:Arndt Emmerich
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Summary:The article investigates COVID-19 related responses by Islamic associations and local mosques based on fieldwork in the German state of Lower Saxony. The inquiry focuses on the time prior to the first lockdown, during mosque closures, and around the opening phase, covering the months between February 2020 and November 2020. Drawing on organisational sociology, Islamic studies, and research on pandemics, the article contributes to the debate on the contested nature of Islamic representation and the institutionalisation of Islam in Germany by analysing internal and relational dynamics, different and converging strategies, external challenges, and cooperation by Islamic authorities during the first COVID-19 wave. By taking into account Germany’s multilevel political system including the national, state, and municipal level as well as transnational dimensions, the analysis integrates external expectations on Islamic organisations and local mosques and internal discussions within these institutions to relate their responses and navigation to the contested representations of Islamic organisations in public discourse as well as to the current debate on Islam in Germany.
Item Description:Gesehen am 02.12.2022
Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:2363-6696
DOI:10.46586/er.12.2021.8900

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