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Wasatism
Wasatism is an approach towards Islamic law, in which one seeks to apply Islam within modern conditions. The movement was led by Yusuf Al-Qaradawi and Mohammed al-Ghazali drawing on the ideas of Rashid Rida and Muhammad Abduh, maintaining that the essence of Islam while harmonizing contrasts such as matter and spirit, individualism and communality, rationality and faith. Qaradawi proposed the approach as constituting a balance between two contradictory positions, proposing a third position.
Article summary
Wasatism is an approach towards Islamic law, in which one seeks to apply Islam within modern conditions. The movement was led by Yusuf Al-Qaradawi and Mohammed al-Ghazali drawing on the ideas of Rashid Rida and Muhammad Abduh, maintaining that the essence of Islam while harmonizing contrasts such as matter and spirit, individualism and communality, rationality and faith. Qaradawi proposed the approach as constituting a balance between two contradictory positions, proposing a third position.
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