Restrictions on Religions due to the covid-19 Pandemic

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" Restrictions on Religions due to the covid-19 Pandemic "
Nedim Begović

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072525
Doc. No	:	LA116154
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22124810-2020007‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Nedim Begović
Title & Author	:	Restrictions on Religions due to the covid-19 Pandemic [Article]\ Nedim Begović
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Law, Religion and State
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	8/2-3
Page No	:	228–250
Abstract	:	This article explores the restrictions that have been recently placed on religions in Bosnia and Herzegovina on congregating and conducting religious rituals during the covid-19 pandemic, as well as the perceptions and responses of the main religious communities to these restrictions. Our data sources included the state covid-19 regulations, the guidelines of religious communities regarding worship services, congregational prayers, and other activities during the pandemic, and media articles covering religion and the covid-19 issues on a domestic and regional scale. Our research has shown that not all religious communities have been equally supportive of state regulations that restricted the religious freedom of individuals and religious communities. Their responses have ranged from strict harmonization of internal religious guidelines with the state covid-19 regulations to declarative support of public health recommendations while ignoring them in practice. This article explores the restrictions that have been recently placed on religions in Bosnia and Herzegovina on congregating and conducting religious rituals during the covid-19 pandemic, as well as the perceptions and responses of the main religious communities to these restrictions. Our data sources included the state covid-19 regulations, the guidelines of religious communities regarding worship services, congregational prayers, and other activities during the pandemic, and media articles covering religion and the covid-19 issues on a domestic and regional scale. Our research has shown that not all religious communities have been equally supportive of state regulations that restricted the religious freedom of individuals and religious communities. Their responses have ranged from strict harmonization of internal religious guidelines with the state covid-19 regulations to declarative support of public health recommendations while ignoring them in practice.
Descriptor	:	"
Descriptor	:	Comparative Law
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	congregational prayers
Descriptor	:	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Descriptor	:	International Law
Descriptor	:	Islamic Law
Descriptor	:	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	religious communities
Descriptor	:	religious gatherings
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	restrictions
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	worship
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22124810-2020007‬