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Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic Nina Käsehage (ed.) Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic Religious Studies | Volume 21 Acknowledgement: A special thank goes to Donja ben Mcharek with regard to her intensive proofreading, my husband for his precise support in terms of the finish- ing process and to Annika Linnemann for being a wonderful project coordinator. In addition, I would like to thank all of the contributors in view of their trust in my idea regarding this project and for their great contributions. Nina Käsehage, born in 1978, is an historian and religious scholar. Since 2017, she is a senior lecturer at the Department for Religious Studies and Intercultural The- ology (Faculty of Theology) at the University of Rostock. In 2018, she received her Ph.D. for her basic research about the contemporary Salafist and Jihadist milieu in Germany from the Department of Religious Studies (Faculty of Philosophy) at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen. Her main research interests are Islam- ic Radicalization, New Religious Movements, Qualitative Religious Research, Re- ligious Fundamentalism, Psychology and Sociology of Religion. Nina Käsehage (ed.) Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic Funding: The Open Access publication of this volume was supported by Rostock University Library. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nation- albibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http:// dnb.d-nb.de This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoD- erivatives 4.0 (BY-NC-ND) which means that the text may be used for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. For details go to http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ To create an adaptation, translation, or derivative of the original work and for commer- cial use, further permission is required and can be obtained by contacting rights@tran- script-publishing.com Creative Commons license terms for re-use do not apply to any content (such as graphs, figures, photos, excerpts, etc.) not original to the Open Access publication and further permission may be required from the rights holder. The obligation to research and clear permission lies solely with the party re-using the material. © 2021 transcript Verlag, Bielefeld Cover layout: Maria Arndt, Bielefeld Copy-editing: Nina Käsehage Proofread by: Donja ben Mcharek and Anna P. Korula (Nina Käsehageʼs chapters) Printed by Majuskel Medienproduktion GmbH, Wetzlar Print-ISBN 978-3-8376-5485-1 PDF-ISBN 978-3-8394-5485-5 https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839454855 Printed on permanent acid-free text paper. Contents Introduction Nina Käsehage ............................................................................ 7 Cultural Wars and Communal Perseverance: Jewish Fundamentalism in Our Time Yaakov Ariel ............................................................................. 25 The Impact of Covid-19 on Orthodox Groups and Believers in Russia Anastasia V. Mitrofanova ................................................................. 47 Towards a Covid-Jihad – Millennialism in the field of Jihadism Nina Käsehage ............................................................................81 How Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi Groups are Exploiting the Covid-19 Pandemic: New Opportunities and Challenges Uran Botobekov ......................................................................... 107 Islamic Fundamentalism Framing Politics in Mali: From the Middle Ages to the Age of Pandemic Olga Torres Díaz......................................................................... 149 Global Virus, International Lamas: Tibetan Religious Leaders in the Face of the Covid-19 Crisis Miguel Álvarez Ortega ................................................................... 179 Dismantling Prejudices on Muslim Communities in Italy in Times of Pandemic: not just Religious Fundamentalism Barbara Lucini .......................................................................... 221 Religious Fundamentalism – A Misleading Concept? Peter Antes ............................................................................. 251 List of figures....................................................................... 263 List of authors ...................................................................... 273 Introduction Nina Käsehage Since the Coronavirus (Covid-19) was first identified in 2019 in the Chinese province of Hubei its impact around the world has been unprecedented. Apart from the millions of infections and several thousand deaths worldwide, the continuing un- certainty about its mutations and transmission modes, and in the absence of an effective vaccine, there is persistent fear of this poorly understood and invisible ‘enemy’. Fear often causes mistrust of the unknown and what is alien or foreign, and when it is an undefinable, ever-present, persistent or enduring fear, it can lead to a climate of insecurity, resultant injustices, and – in the end – to misguided decisions that could have far-reaching impacts on societies. Secondly, and not less adversely, the effects of Covid-19 on social life are evident, where normal, everyday activities and interactions have changed drastically and fundamentally: Yesterday’s daily life is inconceivable today. Despite the innumerable negative impacts of Covid-19 on health, social, polit- ical and the private sphere, such as the loss of well-being, social contacts, individ- ual deprivation, poverty, financial insecurity and fear of the future, several groups have become more vulnerable in terms of the pandemic than others. According to a report of UN Women, women and children around the world have suffered physical, psychological and other forms of (domestic) violence that increased as a consequence of the lockdown.1 Working female employees with children “were relieved of their professional duties to care for their children, reinforcing gender stereotypes that expect women to be caregivers and men to be breadwinners.”2 The 1 Cf.UNWomen(2020).‘NewreportfromUNWomenbringsforthvoicesofPalestinianwomen under COVID-19 lockdown’. June 9. See: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/6/f eature-voices-of-palestinian-women-under-covid-19-lockdown, accessed on June 17, 2020.; In April 2020 “France 24 reported a 30% increase in domestic violence, with abused partners unable to escape their abusers during quarantine.” In: The Soufan Center (2020): Intelbrief: The Plague of Domestic Violence during Covid-19. April 17. See: https://thesoufancenter.org/intel brief-the-plague-of-domestic-violence-during-covid-19/, accessed on April 17. 2 Cf.UNWomen(2020).;Cf.UNNations(2020). Policy Brief: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women, pp. 1-21. 8 NinaKäsehage confinement measures illustrated the fact that the “burden of domestic workand childcare” in emergency situations still remains with women.3 Beside this gender-lens perspective,4 another group that is specifically vulner- able towards the consequences of the pandemic are people at risk of various forms of radicalization or radical mindsets. According to Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) “the impact of Covid-19 and social isolation could make some of society’s most vul- nerable people more susceptible to radicalization and other forms of grooming.”5 With respect to a report of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), “the coronavirus pandemic and its social repercussions are fueling violence by both frustrated individuals and domestic terrorists.”6 Some cases are well known, such as the one of a white supremacist extremist in Missouri who wanted – beside other plans – to blow up a local hospital, a mosque, a synagogue and a school with a high population of black students, and was killed after a failed arrest.7 The reasons for politically motivated radicalization of individuals in the Covid-19 context are iden- tifiable in social distancing as a consequence of “the pandemic [that therefore] has created a new source of anger and frustration for some individuals. As a result, violent extremist plots will likely involve individuals seeking targets symbolic to their personal grievances.”8 According to the The Council conclusions on EU External Action on Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism of June 2020, the threat of terrorism and the prevention of radicalization remain high on the European Union’s Agenda de- spite the pandemic.9 Various authors and researchers have constructed a link or rather similarities between Covid-19 and terrorism, by marking it as a new actor in the theatre of 3 Ib.;Cf.UNNations(2020). 4 Cf. CGDEV (2020). Approaching Covid-19. Risk and response through gender-lens. See: https:// www.cgdev.org/event/approaching-covid-19-risk-and-response-through-gender-lens#.Xoc_ 3hXaQx0.linkedin, accessed on April 3rd, 2020. 5 Cf.PoliceUK(2020). Counter Terrorism Police highlight support services as COVID-19 pandemic is linked to greater risk of radicalization. April, 22nd. See: https://www.counterterrorism.police.uk/ ctp-look-to-bolster-prevent-referrals-during-lockdown/, accessed on April 23rd. 6 Cf. Ken Dilanian (2020). ‘The coronavirus pandemic and its social repercussions are fueling violence by both frustrated individuals and domestic terrorists, according to a new intelli- gence report by DHS’. NBC News. April 23. See: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national- security/coronavirus-its-social-effects-fueling-extremist-violence-says-government-report- n1190921, accessed on April 24,
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