COVID-19 and Tablighi Jama’at : religious movements and the need for dialogue

• Main Author: Noor, Farish Ahmad
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Religions::Islam; Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143093
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The discovery of a major COVID-19 cluster involving the Tablighi Jama’at movement in Malaysia has led to questions about what the movement is and why they chose to congregate. To win the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, such movements need to be engaged with.