Main effects of Coronavirus on Islamic practice and Arab-Islamic education systems. Focus on education in Tunisia

Abstract

The purpose of this essay is to analyze, through a deductive analytical approach, the effects and the consequences of the Coronavirus on Islamic Religion and on Arab-Islamic education. Firstly, I will briefly describe the foundations of Islam and I will illustrate the different strategies that the various Arab-Islamic countries have adopted to stem the virus, to protect and guarantee the religious functions by remodelling them. Secondly, I will move on to Islamic didactic system and I will describe the various Government measures taken to save it. The responses varied depending on the economic conditions and the starting situation of each country. Finally, I will focus on Tunisia where I lived a few months and I got to know the school system.