ISIS AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CONTINUATION OF THE PERENNIAL BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL

IF 1.4 Q2 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY
Seyed Abdolamir Nabavi
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Abstract

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic provided the grounds for extremist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to call the COVID-19 a soldier of God. The present study aims to examine how the Middle Eastern radical Islamists in general, and ISIS in particular, interpret and deal with the pandemic by relying on their own peculiar references to Islamic sources. While previous studies have addressed how ISIS has managed COVID-19 in detail, the association between ISIS’ conceptual basis and their disease management has not been explored yet. Findings revealed that the pandemic has been interpreted in different ways by ISIS. In the beginning, ISIS welcomed the pandemic and interpreted COVID-19 as the divine wrath for humiliating and punishing the unbelievers. Emphasising this interpretation, ISIS tried to cover up its continuous failure to control the pandemic while claiming that God protected the community.
伊斯兰国与科维德-19 大流行病:正义与邪恶之间长期斗争的延续
COVID-19 大流行病的爆发为伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国(ISIS)等极端主义组织提供了将 COVID-19 称为上帝之兵的理由。本研究旨在探讨中东伊斯兰激进分子,尤其是伊拉克和叙利亚伊斯兰国(ISIS),是如何通过对伊斯兰教来源的独特引用来解释和应对这一流行病的。虽然以前的研究详细探讨了 ISIS 如何管理 COVID-19,但尚未探讨 ISIS 的概念基础与其疾病管理之间的关联。研究结果表明,伊斯兰国对这一流行病有不同的解释。一开始,伊斯兰国欢迎大流行病,并将 COVID-19 解释为羞辱和惩罚不信教者的神怒。在强调这种解释的同时,伊斯兰国试图掩盖其在控制大流行病方面的持续失败,同时声称上帝保护了社区。
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International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies
International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-
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