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{{QualityScore|Lead=2|Structure=3|Content=3|Language= | {{QualityScore|Lead=2|Structure=3|Content=3|Language=4|References=2}}'''Mutaween''' (المطوعين ''muṭawiʿin'', literally meaning "volunteers")<ref>Hans Wehr - [http://www.amazon.com/Arabic-English-Dictionary-Modern-Written-Arabic/dp/0879500034/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298902487&sr=1-1 The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic] - Spoken Language Services, 1994, ISBN 0879500034, p. 670</ref> is commonly used as a term for [[Islam|Islamic]], government-authorized or recognized ''religious police''.<ref>or ''clerical police'' or ''public order police''</ref> In Islamic states in which the governments are either directly controlled by, or fall significantly under the influence of, Islamic clergy, the Mutaween enforce the state's interpretation of the [[Islamic Law|Shari'ah]]. Alternate names include; clerical police, hisbah groups, morality police, moral police, public order police, religious police, sex police, and virtue police. | ||
In contrast to the legislatively-restrained police forces of secular nations, the religious police have broad and arbitrary discretionary powers of surveillance, entry to property, detention and interrogation of suspects, and, in some places, summary judgment and application of punishment for perceived violations of Shari'ah. The religious police discipline both Muslims and non-Muslims in Islamic states. | In contrast to the legislatively-restrained police forces of secular nations, the religious police have broad and arbitrary discretionary powers of surveillance, entry to property, detention and interrogation of suspects, and, in some places, summary judgment and application of punishment for perceived violations of Shari'ah. The religious police discipline both Muslims and non-Muslims in Islamic states. | ||
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Islamists frequently refer to the commandment for "Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil" as the basis of the Mutaween<ref>[http://english.bayynat.org.lb/Fatawa/s9p1.htm al-fatawa alwadeha/ Section Nine: Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil] - Bayynat</ref> | Islamists frequently refer to the commandment for "Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil" as the basis of the Mutaween<ref>[http://english.bayynat.org.lb/Fatawa/s9p1.htm al-fatawa alwadeha/ Section Nine: Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil] - Bayynat</ref> | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|9|71}}|And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are guardians of each other; they '''enjoin good and forbid evil''' and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.}} | {{Quote|{{Quran|9|71}}|وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ بَعْضٍ ۚ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَيُطِيعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ سَيَرْحَمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ | ||
And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are guardians of each other; they '''enjoin good and forbid evil''' and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Messenger; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.}} | |||
==Religious Police in Islamic States== | ==Religious Police in Islamic States== | ||
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===Other countries=== | ===Other countries=== | ||
Islamic morality police exist in other countries as well. For example, they can be found in Indonesia,<ref>[http://www.indonesiamatters.com/1036/unislamic-behaviour/ UnIslamic Behaviour] - Indonesia Matters, December 27, 2006</ref> northern Nigeria, Malaysia,<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSSP27770920070706 Singer draws ire of religious police], ''Reuters'', Jul 6, 2007</ref> the Gaza Strip,<ref>Khaled Abu Toameh - [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1246443716574 They accused me of laughing in public] - Jerusalem Post, July 4, 2009</ref><ref>Jonathan Spyer - [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254163537553&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Analysis: The Islamic republic of Gaza] - Jerusalem Post, September 29, 2009</ref> and elsewhere. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||