A Close Shave: Balancing Religious Tolerance and Patient Care in the Age of COVID-19

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“…There are two COVID-19 articles in this issue. Lederman and Halberthal (2022) write about the conflict between hygiene for COVID-19 safety and religious traditions of facial hair preservation. Using arguments from Islamic jurisprudence, they come to the conclusion that shaving facial hair to care for COVID-19 patient safety can be permissible in that tradition.…”