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

Ida Zilio Grandi - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile

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 (yusr, taysīr).

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

Keywords Tolerance • Islam • Wasaṭiyya • Golden Mean • Salafism

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Golden Mean and Enabling
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Ida Zilio Grandi
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dc.description.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 (yusr, taysīr).
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dc.issued	2017-06-20
dc.dateAccepted	2017-03-07
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-11-10
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2385-3042/AnnOr-53-17-1
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Golden Mean
dc.subject	Golden Mean
dc.subject	Islam
dc.subject	Islam
dc.subject	Salafism
dc.subject	Salafism
dc.subject	Tolerance
dc.subject	Tolerance
dc.subject	Wasaṭiyya
dc.subject	Wasaṭiyya
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