Prof. Sparks Backlash for Tweeting Spread of COVID-19 in India is 'Contribution of Islam'
Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
6-22-2020
Capture Date
6-27-2020
Abstract
This article discusses a controversial social media post by University of Pennsylvania professor Saswati Sarkar concerning a religious gathering of the Islamic group Tablighi Jamaat in India. The article details why many viewed the post as Islamophobic along with the University’s response to the incident. The article features a screenshot of the Twitter post.
WMU ScholarWorks Citation
Lowenkron, Hadriana, "Prof. Sparks Backlash for Tweeting Spread of COVID-19 in India is 'Contribution of Islam'" (2020). Pandemic Response and Religion in the USA: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender. 19.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/religion-pandemic-race/19
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