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Wasatiyyah as Explained by Prof. Muhammad Kamal Hassan: Justice, Excellence and Balance

The post-9/11 era has catapulted the issue of ‘wasatiyyah’ or moderation in Islam, among others, as an important research subject with two key objectives: (1) to correct the image of Islam that has been tarnished by extremism, and (2) to overcome the spread of extremism among the Muslims of the world.

Prof. Kamal Hassan’s research calls to be revisited in this regard as it offers a valuable conceptualization on the meaning of wasatiyyah, especially as presented in his address at the Second International Conference on Terrorist Rehabilitation and Community Resilience in Singapore (26-27 March, 2013). He speaks of justice, excellence, goodness and balance as well as other Islamic values as attributes of ‘wasatiyyah,’ which is commonly,  translated rather simplistically as “moderation.” (…)

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