Hijab and Niqab: A Cross-Religious COVID-19 Safety Measure in Madina Zongo
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of hijab and niqab (face veil), typically associated with Islamic fundamentalism and banned in some parts of Europe and Africa, have gained currency in multi-religious communities such as Madina Zongo (strangers’ quarters in Hausa) in Accra, Ghana. For some Musl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2022
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Entangled Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 3 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Accra
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Muslim woman
/ Veil
/ Takeover of
/ Christian woman
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CA Christianity KBN Sub-Saharan Africa TK Recent history |
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cross-religious appropriation
B face mask B Covid-19 B Madina Zongo B Niqab B Hijab |
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