Where is Justice? Islam, Equality, and COVID-19

Authors

Hossein Askari, George Washington University
Berkley Center-Georgetown University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-14-2020

Capture Date

6-23-2020

URL

https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/where-is-justice-islam-equality-and-covid-19

Abstract

Hossein Askari considers how justice in Islam differs from Western understandings of equality and examines how the teachings of Islam can provide a corrective to unchecked capitalism. He notes how COVID-19 will change our economic and health care systems in the future.

WMU ScholarWorks Citation

Askari, Hossein and Berkley Center-Georgetown University, "Where is Justice? Islam, Equality, and COVID-19" (2020). Pandemic Response and Religion in the USA: Doctrine. 25.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/religion-pandemic-doctrine/25