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Does Islam really require "religion police"?
From Iran to Saudis to the Taliban, the answer is yes, with two references: the Quranic duty of "commanding the right," the Prophetic institution of hisba.
I challenge this view in my new essay @newlinesmag:
newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…
From Iran to Saudis to the Taliban, the answer is yes, with two references: the Quranic duty of "commanding the right," the Prophetic institution of hisba.
I challenge this view in my new essay @newlinesmag:
newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…
Here are some highlights:
The Quranic duty of "commanding the right and forbidding the wrong" is interestingly worded: the "good" is #maruf, which means "known." It may refer to ethico-legal values that are commonly known — and not necessarily all Sharia.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…
The Quranic duty of "commanding the right and forbidding the wrong" is interestingly worded: the "good" is #maruf, which means "known." It may refer to ethico-legal values that are commonly known — and not necessarily all Sharia.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…
No wonder, earliest exegetes of the Quran didn't understand "commanding the right" as enforcing all aspects of the Sharia. According to Abu al-Aliya and Muqatil ibn Sulayman, it was about "calling people from polytheism to Islam," not religious coercion.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…
newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-…
