The Religious Policeman

Check out The Religious Policeman a.k.a. muttawa.blogspot.com : A Saudi man’s diary of life in the “Magic Kingdom”, where the Religious Police ensure that everything remains as it was in the Middle Ages.

Growing up in Saudi Arabia Carol has had first hand experience with the Mutawa’een – religious police in Saudi Arabia whose duty is to ensure strict adherence to established codes of conduct; offenders may be detained indefinitely; foreigners are not excluded. They don’t sound like a group you’d want to get on the wrong side of.