Pandemic Politics in South Asia: Muslims and Democracy
In South Asia, entrenched social and political cleavages involving Muslims or particular groups of Muslims have shaped state efforts to address the global Covid-19 pandemic: Hindu nationalists blamed Muslims for introducing the virus to India; anti-Covid lockdowns extended severe constraints on civi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2021
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The review of faith & international affairs
Year: 2021, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-94 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Health policy
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Islam
/ Hinduism
/ Religious conflict
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia ZB Sociology ZC Politics in general |
Further subjects: | B
Afghanistan
B Pakistan B Covid-19 B Kashmir B Democracy B Emergency B India |
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Summary: | In South Asia, entrenched social and political cleavages involving Muslims or particular groups of Muslims have shaped state efforts to address the global Covid-19 pandemic: Hindu nationalists blamed Muslims for introducing the virus to India; anti-Covid lockdowns extended severe constraints on civil liberties in Muslim-majority Kashmir; anti-state mullahs protested public-health restrictions in Pakistan; Taliban insurgents used the virus as a pretext to delegitimize Afghanistan’s elected government. If one pattern has prevailed across South Asia, however, it is a pattern pushing away from democratic forms of legitimacy: persistent and uneven applications of emergency power, in particular, have weakened the outlook for democracy. |
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ISSN: | 1931-7743 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The review of faith & international affairs
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2021.1874164 |