Islam, Muslims, and COVID-19

Aminah Al-Deen, Ph.D. (1993) is Professor Emerita of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University. Her book publications include: African American Islam, Questions of Faith, Transnational Muslims in America, Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century, Global Muslims in the 21st Century, History of Arab Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots and Muslim Ethics in the 21st Century.Aasim I. Padela, MD (2005, Weill Cornell Medical College) is Professor of Emergency Medicine, Bioethics and the Medical Humanities at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is an internationally renowned clinician-researcher with scholarly foci at the intersections of healthcare, bioethics, and religion. He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and co-edited three books: Medicine and Shariah: A Dialogue in Islamic Bioethics (UND Press 2021; Islam and Biomedicine (Springer 2022) and Organ Donation in Islam: The Interplay of Jurisprudence, Ethics and Society (Lexington 2023). His forthcoming monograph is titled Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah and Biomedicine: Integrating Moral and Policy Frameworks. His work and expert commentary has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, National Public Radio, BBC, and CNN.

• AcknowledgmentsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAasim I. Padela and Aminah Al-Deen1 Aligning Public Health Mandates with Religious Goals: Developing Islamic Bioethical Guidance During the COVID-19 PandemicAasim I. Padela and Shafiq W. Ahmed2 Examining the Intersection of Healthcare Advocacy, Religion, and Community During a Global PandemicAnam Tariq, Marium Husain and Sana Syed3 Effects of COVID-19 on the Healthcare Coverage of Immigrant PopulationsUmmesalmah Abdulbaseer, Maham Mirza, Moina Hussain, Aisha Zafar, Urooj Rehman and Fatema Mirza4 Muslim Healthcare Workers in the Time of COVID-19Aminah Al-Deen and Constance Shabazz5 Religiosity, Coping, and Mental Health: An Empirical Analysis of Muslims Across the COVID-19 PandemicOsman Umarji, Aafreen A. Mahmood, Leena Raza and Rania Awaad6 African-American Muslims’ Reflections on the PandemicDiane Ameena Mitchell7 COVID-19 and US Islamic Schools: Responsive, Resourceful, and ResilientShaza Khan8 An Examination of Ramadan Fasting and COVID-19 Outcomes in the UKKarim Mitha, Salman Waqar, Miqdad Asaria, Mehrunisha Suleiman and Nazim Ghouri9 An Islamic Ethico-Legal Framework for Pandemics: The Case for COVID-19Rafaqat RashidGlossaryIndex