Indonesian Ulema Council Fatwa on Religious Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Investigation of Muslim Attitudes and Practices

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Yusuf Hanafi, Ahmad Taufiq, Muhammad Saefi, M. Alifudin Ikhsan, Tsania Nur Diyana, Andy Hadiyanto, Yedi Purwanto, Muhammad Fahmi Hidayatullah

2023 Journal of Religion and Health Vol. 62 Issue 1 Article Cited by 9 SDG 5SDG 3SDG 16SDG 17 Quartile

Abstract

This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1139 Muslims in Indonesia. Attitudes and practices were assessed using a questionnaire developed by researchers referring to the main points of the Indonesian Ulema Council fatwa on religious activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that most participants held positive attitudes (86.5%) and engaged in practices (76.4%). The regression analysis also indicates that attitudes explained approximately 31.5% of the variance in the practice score and 11.2% in the practice score while controlling for gender, age, residence, and education. The study reveals that understanding the relationship between sociodemographic variables, attitudes, and practices is relevant to implementing government policies related to religious practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

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Department of Arabic, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang No 5, East Java, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Physics, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Biology, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Civic Education, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Physics Education, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Department of Islamic Education, Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia; Department of Fine Art and Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia; Department of Islamic Education, Universitas Islam Malang, Malang, Indonesia

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