African-American Muslimsâ Reflections on the Pandemic

Diane Ameena Mitchell

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004679771_008

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This article highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the daily experiences of a small group of African-American Muslims. Discussion points focused on changes in lifestyle habits regarding food shopping, healthcare, housing, and religious practice. Many participants expressed concern that the risk of contracting the virus was a real threat in public spaces. Food shopping practices changed when the risk of infection was perceived to be high or when food supplies in retail stores dwindled. Reliance on virtual health consultations rose, and even in-person healthcare visits were impacted by social distancing. For most, shopping and healthcare involved virtual meetings and ordering through online shopping services. Although for most respondents housing was not a critical issue, improvement in housing conditions was restricted by the pandemic. The suspension of in-person worship services and substituted virtual worship practices generated uncertainty as to the religiosity of those practices. This concern was expressed most frequently as to those worship services that were centered on communal activities.

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Islam, Muslims, and COVID-19

The Intersection of Ethics, Health and Social Life in the Diaspora

Series:Â Muslim Minorities, Volume: 42

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004679771

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 16 Oct 2023

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