In 2014 the then head of the religious police, Dr Abdul Latif al-Sheikh, told a Saudi newspaper,“We receive hundreds of calls every day from women who are being blackmailed.”.
He ordered that the arrest authority of the religious police(called Haia/Mutawa) be revoked, and that the crackdown under the Islamic laws be carried out in a kind and humane manner.
Saudi Arabia has stripped its frequently criticised religious police of their powers to arrest, urging them to act"kindly and gently" in enforcing Islamic rules.
The religious police of IS enforced ultra-strict rules on dress for all residents, making sure women showed no skin and men wore ankle-length capris and long beards, with no moustache.
However, it noted that since 2016 the powers of the religious police has been sharply curtailed by royal decree and both Muslims and non-Muslims had reported decreased harassment and raids.
In Saudi Arabia, the problem is so serious that the religious police have set up a special unit to pursue blackmailers and to help women who are being threatened.
At home, the security service, the FSB, which many Russians liken to the religious police of Saudi Arabia or the Republican Guard of Iran, serves the business as well as the political interests of its masters.
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