Enjoining Right and Forbidding Wrong

Muslims are encouraged in the Qur'an to take an active role in their community in order to “enjoin right and forbid wrong.” While this command has been interpreted in many ways by Muslim scholars, it was sometimes used by reformist groups to justify the forceful spread of more extreme views. A group of charismatic mosque preachers in our capital have begun calling for the end of unorthodox religious practices and are inciting the populace against the Sufis, leading to violence and street battles.