Islamic religious police Islamic religious police (also mutaween) is the police force responsible for the enforcement of sharia in some Muslim-majority countries. 2.The word mutaween (Arabic: المطوعين muṭawwiʿīn; variant English spellings: mutawwain, muttawa, mutawallees, mutawa’ah, mutawi’, mutawwa) most literally means volunteers in the Arabic language,and is commonly used as a casual term for the government-authorized or government-recognized religious police (or clerical police) of Saudi Arabia. It was originally a casual synonym for the religious police of Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, the formal short term for the Saudi religious police is Islamic religious police Islamic religious police (also mutaween) is the police force responsible for the enforcement of sharia in some Muslim-majority countries. 3.More recently the term has gained use as an umbrella term outside the Arabic-speaking world to indicate religious-policing organizations with at least some government recognition or deference which enforce varied interpretations of Sharia law. The concept is thought to have originated from Wahabbism in Saudi Arabia. The Mutaween in Saudi Arabia are tasked with enforcing Sharia as defined by the government, specifically by the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV). 4.The Mutaween of the CPVPV consists of more than 3,500 officers in addition to thousands of volunteers...often accompanied by a police escort. KOMEN. SILA RUJUK PARA 4.TO ALL INTENT AND PURPOSE THE STATUS QUO OF RELIGIOUS POLICE IN SAUDI ARABIA IS JUST LIKE OUR POLICE VOLUNTEER RESERVE (PVR) OR (AUXILIARY POLIS (AP). THE MORAL OF THE STRATEGY IS TO ENSURE THAT RELIGIOUS POLICE IS NOT AN INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION.IN MALAYSIA PVR AND AP ARE APPOINTED BY IGP WHOSE POWER IS DELIGATED TO KPDS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
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