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Religious enforcement agency
Islamic religious police (also known as morality police or sharia police) are official Islamic religious enforcement agencies, often found in Muslim-majority
Islamic_religious_police
Topics referred to by the same term
Religious police may refer to: Cathedral constable Islamic religious police This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Religious
Religious_police
Law-enforcement body
Russian Military Police) Some jurisdictions with religious laws may have dedicated religious police to enforce said laws. These religious police forces, which
Police
Government agency in Saudi Arabia
supervising markets and public morality, and was often described as Islamic religious police. By the early 2010s, the committee was estimated to have 3,500–4,000
Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Saudi Arabia)
Committee_for_the_Promotion_of_Virtue_and_the_Prevention_of_Vice_(Saudi_Arabia)
Incident in Saudi Arabia
people, all young girls. Complaints were made that Saudi Arabia's "religious police", specifically the Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention
2002_Mecca_girls'_school_fire
for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) or "religious police" was enforcing the prohibition on the public practice of non-Muslim
Freedom of religion in Saudi Arabia
Freedom_of_religion_in_Saudi_Arabia
Islamic religious police in Iran
(Persian: گشت ارشاد, romanized: gašt-e eršâd) or morality police is an Islamic religious police force and vice squad in the Law Enforcement Command of the
Guidance_Patrol
dramatic changes have been made in religious policy, including the elimination of the power of the religious police, the lifting of bans on amusement parks
Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia
National police force of Iran
police force since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The Guidance Patrol, commonly called the "morality police", was a vice squad/Islamic religious police
Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Police_Command_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran
Two Islamic requisites from the Quran
sinful activities and compel virtuous ones. (The power of the Saudi religious police was sharply curtailed in 2016) Ma'ruf, usually translated as "good"
Enjoining good and forbidding wrong
Enjoining_good_and_forbidding_wrong
International book fair in Saudi Arabia
Information, and has been regulated by the religious police; the two have clashed at the fair, and religious police have been limited to more advisory roles
Riyadh International Book Fair
Riyadh_International_Book_Fair
All-female police unit in Islamic State (2014-2017)
The Al-Khansaa Brigade (Arabic: لواء الخنساء) was an all-women police or religious enforcement unit of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), operating
Al-Khansaa_Brigade
Treating a person or group differently because of their religious beliefs
Religious discrimination is treating a person or group differently because of the particular religion they align with or were born into (hereditary).
Religious_discrimination
Form of censorship involving religious authority
example (religious judgment) against The Satanic Verses (a novel), ordering that the author be executed for blasphemy. Some Islamic religious police have
Religious_censorship
Religious police force in Kano state, Nigeria
The Kano State Hisbah Corps is a religious police force in Kano state, Nigeria responsible for the enforcement of Shari'a to only Muslims in Kano state
Kano_State_Hisbah_Corps
Holiday observed on February 14
from religious law and custom – and mimicry of the West." However, in 2017 and 2018, after a fatwa was widely circulated, the religious police did not
Valentine's_Day
2:256 prohibits "compulsion in religion". Some Islamic societies have religious police, who enforce the application of Islamic Sharia law. In non-Islamic
Censorship in Islamic societies
Censorship_in_Islamic_societies
dramatic changes have been made in religious policy, including the elimination of the power of the religious police, the lifting of bans on amusement parks
Religion_in_Saudi_Arabia
Ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions
Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions. Examples of religiously derived legal codes include Christian canon law
Religious_law
death for committing apostasy. Fayadh was detained by the country's religious police in 2013 in Abha, in southwest Saudi Arabia, and then rearrested and
Human_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia
Offense in Sharia law
apprehended by state religious police under the offence of khalwat (being in "close proximity" as The Star Online described it). Religious Department enforcement
Khilwa
Country in West Asia
replacement of senior appointees in the judiciary and the Mutaween (religious police) with more moderate individuals and the appointment of the country's
Saudi_Arabia
sorcery. In addition to the regular police force, Saudi Arabia has a secret police, the Mabahith, and "religious police", the Mutawa. The latter enforces
Legal_system_of_Saudi_Arabia
Islamic religious police force in Aceh, Indonesia
Wilayatul Hisbah is the Islamic religious police force responsible for the enforcement of sharia law in the autonomous region of Aceh, Indonesia. The origins
Wilayatul_Hisbah
Ideology that views Zionism as a fundamental component of Orthodox Judaism
Religious Zionism (Hebrew: צִיּוֹנוּת דָּתִית, romanized: Tziyonut Datit) is a religious denomination that views Zionism as a fundamental component of
Religious_Zionism
Position that religion should not influence civic and state affairs
consider the regulation of religion by a secular state. Religious minorities and non-religious citizens tend to support political secularism while members
Secularism
Separation of people according to their religion
Religious segregation is the separation of people according to their religion. The term has been applied to cases of religious-based segregation which
Religious_segregation
mostly from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Yemen, Morocco, and Tajikistan. The Religious Police are responsible for carrying out floggings. Prostitutes may be whipped
Prostitution_in_Saudi_Arabia
Law enforcement agency
Moral Security Police (Persian: پلیس امنیت اخلاقی, police-e amniyat-e akhlaghi) is a sub-branch of PAVA acting as the Islamic religious police centre. The
Iranian Public Security Police
Iranian_Public_Security_Police
Opposition to the State of Israel within religious contexts
policies of the state of Israel, anti-Zionism has also been expressed within religious contexts which have, at times, colluded and collided with the ethnopolitical
Religious_anti-Zionism
Adoption of religious beliefs
Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious
Religious_conversion
Form of government with religious leaders
Houthi-controlled territory is a theocratic police state characterized by repression, militarization, and religious indoctrination. Mauritania's constitution
Theocracy
Topics referred to by the same term
(pronounced beya when in compound form) Hey'a, a variant name for Islamic religious police "Heya" (J.J. Light song), a 1967 song by J.J. Light, stage name for
Heya
Immoral or depraved behavior or habit
narcotics, prostitution and pornography. Religious police, for example Islamic religious police units or sharia police in certain Muslim countries, are morality
Vice
Principle to separate religious and civil institutions
jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the state. Conceptually, the term refers to the creation
Separation of church and state
Separation_of_church_and_state
Government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws
separation of government and religious doctrine has not occurred and are generally considered police agencies, typically religious police, because their primary
Law_enforcement_agency
Relationship between national identity and religion
Religious nationalism can be understood in a number of ways, such as nationalism as a religion itself, a position articulated by Carlton Hayes in his
Religious_nationalism
Afghan Islamic law ministry
implementing Islamic rules (Hanafi principles) as defined by the Taliban. Its religious police raided the streets arresting women not fully covered and people listening
Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Afghanistan)
Ministry_for_the_Propagation_of_Virtue_and_the_Prevention_of_Vice_(Afghanistan)
Mask Guy Fawkes: design and creation
destabilize security and spread chaos ..." On 22 September 2013, Saudi religious police prohibited the wearing of the Guy Fawkes mask, the day before Saudi
Guy_Fawkes_mask
1979 radical Islamic insurgency in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
more power over the next decade. Likewise, Saudi Arabia's Islamic religious police became more assertive. The seizure was led by Juhayman al-Otaybi, a
Grand_Mosque_seizure
Islamic religious police in the Gaza Strip
declarations of Gaza's self-styled religious police." In 2009, The Jerusalem Post reported that the Committee is a police force that operates under the command
Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Gaza Strip)
Committee_for_the_Propagation_of_Virtue_and_the_Prevention_of_Vice_(Gaza_Strip)
Form of socialism based on religious values
Religious socialism is a type of socialism based on religious values and religious worldviews. Members of several major religions have found that their
Religious_socialism
Circumcision for religious purposes
Religious circumcision is generally performed shortly after birth, during childhood, or around puberty as part of a rite of passage. Circumcision for
Religion_and_circumcision
Promotion of the state's law and order apart from the military
distinguished from religious authority (for example, canon law) and secular authority. The enforcement of law and order is typically the role of the police in modern
Civil_authority
Afghan Islamist militant organization
international condemnation. Abuses were myriad and violently enforced by the religious police. For example, the Taliban issued edicts forbidding women from being
Taliban
Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
arrested by Bernese police because of his advocacy of a violent general strike, spent two weeks in jail, and was handed over to Italian police in Chiasso. After
Benito_Mussolini
Ancient Eurasian icon and Nazi symbol
temples are exempt, as religious symbols cannot be banned in Germany. A controversy was stirred by the decision of several police departments to begin inquiries
Swastika
Hatred of Jews due to religious reasons
Religious antisemitism is the aversion to or discrimination against Jews as a whole based on Abrahmic doctrines of supersession, which expect or demand
Religious_antisemitism
non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the country are policed, and the extent to which religious law is used as a basis for
Freedom of religion by country
Freedom_of_religion_by_country
Hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
characteristics within that person's society. In the latter case, known as religious antisemitism, a person's hostility is driven by their religion's perception
Antisemitism
French public secularization movement
of religious expression to the state. The government trains Islamic clergy and dictates religious instruction through the Presidency of Religious Affairs
Laicism
Religious rejection of politics, sometimes known as political quietism, is a philosophy that can be found in a life of contemplation of nature. Adherents
Religious rejection of politics
Religious_rejection_of_politics
Efforts to impose Islamic law and traditions in the Palestinian Gaza Strip
oppressed non-Muslim minorities, imposed sharia law, and deployed religious police to enforce these laws. According to a Human Rights Watch researcher
Islamism_in_the_Gaza_Strip
Country in East Asia
population through widespread discrimination, police crackdowns, and restrictions on Islamic religious practice and the use of the Uyghur language. China
China
Jewish-American lynching victim (1884–1915)
the police arrested a friend of Phagan's for the crime. Gradually, the police became convinced that these were not the culprits. By Monday, the police had
Leo_Frank
Revolution in Iran from 1978 to 1979
symbolizing the "unity" of the secular and religious opposition. The mullahs and bazaaris effectively policed the gathering, and protesters who attempted
Iranian_Revolution
government, the Sahwa movement, and conservative and religious behavioral enforcers (i.e. police, government officers, etc.). Currently, Saudi Arabia
Sex segregation in Saudi Arabia
Sex_segregation_in_Saudi_Arabia
Lebanese. In 2018, it was reported that the religious police had stopped enforcing the ban on Christian's religious services. Central Intelligence Agency.
Eastern Orthodoxy in Saudi Arabia
Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_Saudi_Arabia
Russian writer (1828–1910)
(1912). He also wrote plays and essays concerning philosophical, moral and religious themes. In the 1870s, Tolstoy experienced a profound moral crisis, followed
Leo_Tolstoy
Fundamentalist movement within Sunni Islam
freedom of action of the "religious police", clerics in mosques, teachers in schools, and Qadis (i.e. judges who are religious legal scholars) in Saudi
Wahhabism
Promotion of police for their benefit
about police or counter criticism of police and anti-police sentiment. The term is used to criticize news media creating one-sided depictions of police, uncritically
Copaganda
Anti-conversion law in India
(religious locket). In another incident, Uttar Pradesh police stopped a Muslim wedding ceremony and detained the couple for a night inside the police station
Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021
Uttar_Pradesh_Prohibition_of_Unlawful_Conversion_of_Religion_Act,_2021
Saudi Arabian newspaper
society. They also began to challenge the authority of the mutaween, the religious police force. Late Interior Minister Prince Nayef, who effectively controlled
Al_Watan_(Saudi_Arabia)
Religious site in Jerusalem
by Israeli Border Police during protests that were triggered by the announcement of the Temple Mount Faithful, a group of religious Jews, that they were
Temple_Mount
Cult and new religious movement
Picton Farm Targeted by Police Search Warrant". The Daily Telegraph. Sparks, Hannah. "Religious sect Twelve Tribes under police investigation after dig
Twelve_Tribes_communities
Intentional provocation of a lethal response from law enforcement
suicide by police or law-enforcement-assisted suicide, is used to define a death, intended as suicide, for which a person attempts to provoke police. The phenomenon
Suicide_by_cop
Shopping mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
infamous for being prone to frequent raids by the mutawa, the Saudi religious police. After the Gulf crisis began in 1990 and as US soldiers arrived in
Shola_Mall
to protect the different Belarus religious groups and Belarus churches, and to guard against the influence of religious sects.”. In 2023, there are 9.2
Freedom of religion in Belarus
Freedom_of_religion_in_Belarus
died as a result of a fire in their school. The religious police designated by the Department of Religious Guidance discouraged the firemen from entering
Women's education in Saudi Arabia
Women's_education_in_Saudi_Arabia
Religious discrimination in the United States is valuing or treating a person or group differently because of what they do or do not believe. Specifically
Religious discrimination in the United States
Religious_discrimination_in_the_United_States
Islamic law
Wahhabism, the conception of hisba as an individual obligation to police religious observance has become more widespread, which led to the appearance
Sharia
some degree of freedom of religion. The government generally respects religious freedom for the six officially recognized religions (Islam, Protestantism
Freedom of religion in Indonesia
Freedom_of_religion_in_Indonesia
missionary to use "physical or moral compulsion" to make religious conversions. The police may investigate missionary activity based on a citizen's complaint
Freedom_of_religion_in_Cyprus
Mohammed bin Salman and legislation restricting the powers of the religious police led many Saudi women to abandon wearing hijab in public. In November
Women's rights in Saudi Arabia
Women's_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia
its records on religious organizations facilitate the granting of residence permits by police to foreign employees of various religious organizations.
Freedom of religion in Albania
Freedom_of_religion_in_Albania
Iranian Religious police (1979–1991)
Founded in 1979, it merged with Shahrbani and Iranian Gendarmerie to form the Police Command in 1991. Founded as one of Organizations of the Iranian Revolution
Islamic Revolutionary Committees
Islamic_Revolutionary_Committees
Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization (1929–1945)
Although the Ustaše emphasized religious themes, it stressed that duty to the nation took precedence over religious custom. In power, the Ustaše banned
Ustaše
Office of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Canadian government
of Religious Freedom was an agency of Global Affairs Canada that was established by the Government of Canada on 19 February 2013 to monitor religious persecution
Office_of_Religious_Freedom
Christian pastor from Malaysia
by the Royal Malaysia Police on 13 February 2017. In early November 2025, the Malaysian High Court found the Royal Malaysia Police, and by extension the
Raymond_Koh
2006 mystery thriller film by Ron Howard
Saunière. On the body, the police find a disconcerting cipher and start an investigation. Langdon escapes with the assistance of police cryptologist Sophie Neveu
The_Da_Vinci_Code_(film)
Afghan state
the Emirate. Abuses were frequently and violently enforced by the religious police. For example, the Taliban issued edicts forbidding women from being
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan_(1996–2001)
Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (religious police) to enforce its laws against apostasy. The commission is composed in
Blasphemy_law_in_Saudi_Arabia
however, the law places some restrictions on the religious freedom of adherents of minority religious groups, and there were some restrictions in practice
Freedom of religion in Armenia
Freedom_of_religion_in_Armenia
State which officially practices a particular religion
and religious" inclusiveness in religious nationalism causing tensions as well as shifts from ethnic to civic nationalism. He evaluated the religious nationalism
Confessional_state
Religious Institutions hold varying views on same-sex marriage. Arguments both for and against same-sex marriage are often made on religious grounds and/or
Religious views on same-sex marriage
Religious_views_on_same-sex_marriage
Ideology based on Meir Kahane
Kahanism (Hebrew: [ka.haˈn.izm]; Hebrew: כַּהַנִּיזְם) is a religious Zionist ideology based on the views of Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish
Kahanism
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 (c. 1) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which creates an offence in England and Wales of inciting
Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006
Racial_and_Religious_Hatred_Act_2006
Religious and ethnic minority in Saudi Arabia
police's mission was mainly to protect a social order, the containment of the crime being only secondary. There also was a parallel religious police,
Shia_Islam_in_Saudi_Arabia
Mass shooting in Texas, U.S.
Hood shooting as an act of terrorism, or motivated by militant Islamic religious convictions. In November 2011, a group of survivors and family members
2009_Fort_Hood_shooting
Belief that is strongly at variance with customs
established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization. A heretic is a proponent of a heresy. Heresy in
Heresy
2014 incident in Germany
Germany Moral police Islamic religious police Islamic Defenders Front Eckardt, Andy (5 September 2014). "Salafist Muslim Group Forms 'Sharia Police' Patrol
Wuppertal Sharia Police incident
Wuppertal_Sharia_Police_incident
Stance of supporting peaceful coexistence and diversity of spiritual belief
Religious pluralism is an attitude or policy regarding the diversity of religious belief systems co-existing in society. It can indicate one or more of
Religious_pluralism
Person who enforces modest dress codes
making a video posted online. Official Islamic vice squad police agencies which enforce religious observance and public morality on behalf of national or
Modesty_guard
hijab rules. This has prompted the Guidance Patrol, Iran's Islamic religious police, to launch intermittent campaigns to verbally admonish or violently
Freedom_of_religion_in_Iran
National police force of Indonesia
The Indonesian National Police (Indonesian: Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia, lit. 'State Police of the Republic of Indonesia', abbreviated as POLRI)
Indonesian_National_Police
gained numerous converts in France. A series of bloody persecutions and religious civil wars were ended by the Edict of Nantes issued by King Henry IV,
Freedom_of_religion_in_France
Religious doctrine on the authority of monarchs
The divine right of kings is a political and religious doctrine of political legitimacy of a monarchy in post-Reformation Western Christianity, culminating
Divine_right_of_kings
Violence practiced in the name of religion
Religious violence covers phenomena in which religion is either the target or perpetrator of violent behavior. All the religions of the world contain
Religious_violence
2003 suicide bombings of residential compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by al-Qaeda
stated that three months before the bombing Saudi religious police accompanied by regular Saudi police, had visited them—a rare intrusion into the "refuge
Riyadh_compound_bombings
Application of such Law
Sharia in non-Muslim countries and on non-Muslims is debated. Sharia is a religious law forming part of the Islamic tradition. Traditional theory of Islamic
Application of Sharia by country
Application_of_Sharia_by_country
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