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Md.Sayeed Al-Zaman
Department of Journalism and Media Studies Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh

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Politics meets healthcare? Religious misinformation in India during the COVID-19 pandemic Md.Sayeed Al-Zaman
JURNAL SOSIAL HUMANIORA (JSH) Vol 13, No 2 (2020)
Publisher : Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.12962/j24433527.v13i2.8119

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India has recently become a hotspot of misinformation: the COVID-19 brings a new opportunity for the rumor-spreaders. Of various categories, religious misinformation seems harmful for both Indian society and public health. In this paper, therefore, I tried to sketch a few necessary aspects of religious misinformation in India during the COVID-19. From the previous literature and ongoing trend of Indian misinformation, I identified two important phenomena: (a) Though Muslims produce more spiritual misinformation, most of the religious misinformation targeting Muslims is inspired by Islamophobia; (b) misinformation that tries to champion Hinduism is more related to the contemporary political ideologies of India. I also tried to explain how religion as a political issue relates to public health
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