Saudi Religious Police Have Their Powers Reduced
CROSSROADS ARABIA: Too often they appear to act as an ill-disciplined militia but their powers have been dramatically curtailed.
A Woman’s Defiance of Saudi Religious Police
VIDEO: A lone woman takes on the religious police in a Saudi Mall. “Get out? I’ll show you who’s getting out…”
‘High on Victory’: Saudi Conservatives on the March
AHMED AL OMRAN: A new force is making itself felt at social events in the Kingdom The mohtasbeen are an unofficial muttawaeen who have a clear agenda.
New Head of Saudi Religious Police: A Moderate?
CROSSROADS ARABIA: A well known supporter of the right of women to work Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Sheikh still has a traditional view of their place within Saudi society.
