Nelson, Matthew J. (2021) 'Pandemic Politics in South Asia: Muslims and Democracy.' The Review of Faith and International Affairs, 19 (1). pp. 83-94.
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In South Asia, entrenched social and political cleavages involving Muslims or particular groups of Muslims have shaped state efforts to address the global Covid-19 pandemic: Hindu nationalists blamed Muslims for introducing the virus to India; anti-Covid lockdowns extended severe constraints on civil liberties in Muslim-majority Kashmir; anti-state mullahs protested public-health restrictions in Pakistan; Taliban insurgents used the virus as a pretext to delegitimize Afghanistan’s elected government. If one pattern has prevailed across South Asia, however, it is a pattern pushing away from democratic forms of legitimacy: persistent and uneven applications of emergency power, in particular, have weakened the outlook for democracy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Politics & International Studies |
| ISSN: | 15570274 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2021.1874164 |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2023 08:34 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/39708 |
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