Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale

Journal | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
Journal issue | 53 | 2017
Research Article | Golden Mean and Enabling

Golden Mean and Enabling

Some Comments on Selected Arabic and Islamic Contemporary Sources

Abstract

Islamic culture, from its earliest foundational texts, has demonstrated an aversion to all forms of excess, going hand in hand with an appreciation of the Golden Mean. This latter concept has recently come to occupy a central place in the concerns of scholars and commentators of the Islamic and of the Western world. The present paper aims at making its own small contribution to the issue, examining the work of two major symposia held in the Saudi cities of Mecca (2003) and Riyadh (2004) in response to the events of 9/11: we will attempt to highlight the relationship linking the Koranic ideal of wasaṭiyya or the Golden Mean with the concepts of facilitating and enabling (yusrtaysīr).


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Nov. 10, 2016 | Accepted: March 7, 2017 | Published June 20, 2017 | Language: it

Keywords ToleranceSalafismIslamWasaṭiyyaGolden Mean


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