ISLAMIC ARCHIVESWe’ve Been Here Before: Plague and Pestilence in Pre-Modern Islamic HistoryAbdul Rahman Latif

Published: 2020
Published in: Yaqeen Institute
Written by: Abdul Rahman Latif
Language: English
Type: Paper
Rights: Read at the source · © Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research; free to read on its website.

We’ve Been Here Before: Plague and Pestilence in Pre-Modern Islamic History

Abdul Rahman Latif in Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

This article examines a few incidents of and reactions to plague in Islamic history and draws a few lessons from the experiences of Muslims before us

Keywords: plague, pandemic, Black Death, COVID-19, epidemics, quarantine

Archived 14 October 2026 · Source: Yaqeen Institute

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Latif, Abdul Rahman. We’ve Been Here Before: Plague and Pestilence in Pre-Modern Islamic History. Yaqeen Institute. 2020. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/yq-weve-been-here-before-plague-and-pestilence-in-pre-modern/