Editing Moderation (section)

===Islam and Judaism===
{{See|Moderation in Islam}}
Wasat, also called {{transliteration|ar|wasatiyyah}} ({{langx|ar|وسطية}}) is the Arabic word for ''best'', ''middle'', ''centered'', ''balanced''. In the [[Islamic]] context, it refers to the "middle way" or "moderation"—a justly balanced way of life, avoiding extremes and experiencing things in moderation.<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite book |last1=Kamali |first1=Mohammad Hashim |title=The Middle Path of Moderation in Islam: The Qurʼānic Principle of Wasaṭiyyah |year=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780190226831 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HffzCAAAQBAJ |language=en}}
|2={{cite book |title=Moderation in Islam: In the Contex[t] of Muslim Community in Singapore: a Compilation of Working Papers Presented in the PERGAS Ulama Convention 2003, Held on 13th and 14th September 2003, which Carried the Theme of Moderation in Islam |year=2004 |publisher=PERGAS |isbn=9789810510329 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R__XAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}
|3={{cite book |last1=Hashem |first1=Ahmad Omar |title=Moderation in Islam |year=1999 |publisher=United Printing Publishing and Distributing |pages=177 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGnltQEACAAJ |language=en}} }}</ref> 
[[Islamic modernism|Moderate Muslims]] use contextual relativism{{jargon inline|date=August 2023}} to interpret the [[Quran]].

The Jewish philosopher [[Maimonides]], who was heavily influenced by Islamic and Aristotelian thought, also set forth moderation as an ideal within Judaism.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Saks|first=Jeffrey|url=https://traditiononline.org/the-extremes-are-more-consistent-but-absurd/|title=The Extremes Are More Consistent But Absurd|journal=Tradition|year=2021|volume=53|number=3}}</ref>