Mutawa

The encounter, described by Al-Watan newspaper last month, was the latest move by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, known as the mutawa’a, to improve its image. ❋ As'ad (2008)

If she is approached by the mutawa - the religious police - she's willing to back chat. ❋ By MAUREEN DOWD (2010)

Young Saudi women whom I interviewed said that the popular king has relaxed the grip of the bullying mutawa, the bearded religious police officers who patrol the streets ready to throw you in the clink at the first sign of fun or skin. ❋ Maureen Dowd (2010)

She keeps her male enforcers on their toes at every turn-and manages to stay one step ahead of the feared religious police, known as the mutawa. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The only solution, he notes, is to send in the mutawa. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Because Mimi, their housemaid, was helpful to Karin, Fatima reported Mimi to the mutawa for "fornication." ❋ Unknown (2009)

A professor emeritus at the American University in Cairo, Schleifer is considered a bridge-builder between cultures. kuwait al mutawa, jassem Jassem al Mutawa is the president of Iqra satellite channel, an Islamic TV channel presenting programs on everyday life problems concerning spiritual, cultural, social and economic issues from a modern Islamic perspective. al mutawa, dr naif Naif al Mutawa is founder and CEO of Teshkeel Media Group and creator of the popular Islamic - themed comic series 'The 99'. ❋ AlHaqqNetwork (2010)

A.D. 1138) is best known for his Tadbīr al-mutawaḥḥid ❋ SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR (1968)

So you can argue back to the mutawa, if you know how to do it properly. " ❋ By MAUREEN DOWD (2010)