Mutawa'een

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Noun1.Mutawa'een - religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded
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constabulary, police, police force, law - the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking for him"
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia - an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy
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Abdul Hamid is understood to have been arrested after he was entrapped by the Mutawa'een (religious police).
BEHEADED.. FOR BEING A SORCERER; Barbaric execution in Saudi car park
This order has its own police force, called Mutawa'een, make sure no one carries the cross or shows anything which is not Muslim.
BAHRAIN - The Third Saudi Dynasty
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