Saudi Arabia strips religious police of arresting power
Saudi Arabia has stripped its religious forces of their powers to arrest, urging them to act "kindly and gently" in enforcing Islamic rules. Under changes approved by the Saudi cabinet on Wednesday, religious officers will no longer be allowed to detain people and instead must report violators to police or drug squad officers, the official Saudi Press Agency said. Officers of the Haia force, also known as the Mutawaa, must "carry out the duties of encouraging virtue and forbidding...
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