Islamic Perceptions of the Pandemic: Between Divine Decree and Political Plot
Article by Paolo Gonzaga published in English under the title Islamic Perceptions of the Pandemic: Between Divine Decree and Political Plot in the journal Annali di Scienze Religiose (vol. 15, 2022), published by the Department of Religious Sciences of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan (Brepols).
The article analyses how the Covid-19 pandemic was perceived and interpreted in the Arab-Muslim world and its media, between the religious reading of a divine decree (qadar) and political conspiracy theories.
Article de Paolo Gonzaga paru en anglais sous le titre Islamic Perceptions of the Pandemic: Between Divine Decree and Political Plot dans la revue Annali di Scienze Religiose (vol. 15, 2022), éditée par le Département de sciences religieuses de l’Université catholique du Sacré-Cœur de Milan (Brepols).
L’article analyse la manière dont la pandémie de Covid-19 a été perçue et interprétée dans le monde arabo-musulman et ses médias, entre la lecture religieuse d’un décret divin (qadar) et les théories du complot politique.
مقال بقلم باولو غونزاغا، نُشر بالإنجليزية بعنوان:
Islamic Perceptions of the Pandemic: Between Divine Decree and Political Plot (Annali di Scienze Religiose, vol. 15, 2022)
يحلّل المقال كيفية إدراك جائحة كوفيد-19 وتأويلها في العالم العربي الإسلامي ووسائل إعلامه، بين القراءة الدينية للقضاء الإلهي (القَدَر) ونظريات المؤامرة السياسية.
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