COVID-19 Control: Challenges and Responses of Muslims in Tanzania

Abstract COVID-19 in Tanzania was both a health and religious puzzle. The government insisted all citizens regardless of their affiliations to join hands fighting the disease through prayers by adherence measures. Muslims complied with control measures instituted government. These turn affected fasting rituals. In this context, turned texts scholarly interpretations seek for guidance clarification (fatwa) on how practice Islam under situation. Consequently, shaped Muslims’ perceptions responses towards pandemic. This article analyses challenges Muslim rituals role religion shaping during first four months onset Tanzania. uses online publications, teaching provided social media, interviews personal observation Dar es Salaam Kilimanjaro regions. argues that played Islamic understanding pandemic justifies importance involving faith-based communities solving related problems.