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This is an important distinction because when people talk bad about "mutawwa" they are including a lot of peaceful people who are simply adopting strict orthodoxies in their own lives.
The Lede 2009
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The New York Times (at least until Katherin Zoepf made corrections) and other media incorrectly refer to religious police at "mutawwa".
The Lede 2009
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For example, if you say something disparaging "mutawwa" it can often be perceived to be an assault on Orthodox Muslims rather than the religious police.
The Lede 2009
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After spending a night in jail, Jamie was taken to mutawwa'in headquarters in Jeddah, and a mutawwa interrogated him again.
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When he tried to defend himself, the mutawwa asked him to walk, and Jamie strode across the room in what he considered a manly fashion.
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When he tried to defend himself, the mutawwa asked him to walk, and Jamie strode across the room in what he considered a manly fashion.
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After spending a night in jail, Jamie was taken to mutawwa'in headquarters in Jeddah, and a mutawwa interrogated him again.
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And Daniel Green is a pious mutawwa, a one-man Committee for the Prevention of Literary Vice, correcting this one and that one, enforcing conformity where he can no longer enjoy a community of belief.
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And Daniel Green is a pious mutawwa, a one-man Committee for the Prevention of Literary Vice, correcting this one and that one, enforcing conformity where he can no longer enjoy a community of belief.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Women who go on “power walks” face harassment from the “mutawwa,” or religious police.
mollusque commented on the word mutawwa
A member of the religious police in Saudi Arabia.
December 29, 2007