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The middle path of moderation in Islam : the Qurʼānic principle of wasaṭiyyah / Mohammad Hashim Kamali ; forword by Tariq Ramadan.

By: Kamali, Mohammad Hashim.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]Description: xi, 320 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780190226831 (hardback : alk. paper).Subject(s): Moderation -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Contents:
Conceptual analysis. Definition and scope of wasaṭiyyah -- Review of the source evidence -- A round-up of modern opinion -- Hallmarks of extremism -- Manifestations of wasaṭiyyah -- Identification of wasaṭiyyah -- Institutional developments -- Thematic perspectives. Moderation and justice -- Moderation in religiosity -- The moderating role of ikhtilāf (reasoned disagreement) -- Between spirituality and legalism: the moderating influence of Sufism -- Harm (ḍarar) must be eliminated -- Forbearance, bringing ease and removing hardship (taysīr, raf ʻal-ḥaraj, samāḥah) -- Environmental imbalance -- Financial imbalance, extravagance and waste (isrāf, tabdhīr) -- Moderation in jihād -- Character and lifestyle -- Wasaṭiyyah and women's rights -- Wasaṭiyyah and globalization -- Islam between antiquity and the modern world -- Continuity and change in Islam: an analysis of tajdīd and iṣlāh (renewal and reform).
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-300) and indexes.

Conceptual analysis. Definition and scope of wasaṭiyyah -- Review of the source evidence -- A round-up of modern opinion -- Hallmarks of extremism -- Manifestations of wasaṭiyyah -- Identification of wasaṭiyyah -- Institutional developments -- Thematic perspectives. Moderation and justice -- Moderation in religiosity -- The moderating role of ikhtilāf (reasoned disagreement) -- Between spirituality and legalism: the moderating influence of Sufism -- Harm (ḍarar) must be eliminated -- Forbearance, bringing ease and removing hardship (taysīr, raf ʻal-ḥaraj, samāḥah) -- Environmental imbalance -- Financial imbalance, extravagance and waste (isrāf, tabdhīr) -- Moderation in jihād -- Character and lifestyle -- Wasaṭiyyah and women's rights -- Wasaṭiyyah and globalization -- Islam between antiquity and the modern world -- Continuity and change in Islam: an analysis of tajdīd and iṣlāh (renewal and reform).

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