Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Arab News: "Virtue Commission Says Officers Required to Wear Nametags"

RIYADH, 13 December 2005 — Authorities said yesterday that the case of a man and his wife who were allegedly beaten by members of the religious police is still under investigation, Arab News has learned. They also emphasized the requirement that members of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to wear identifying badges.

According to reports, the undercover officers, who were driving an unmarked white sedan, thought the couple were not married and followed them home to arrest them.
I hate it when that happens.
The man filed a report to the Riyadh Police Department two days ago saying that he was approached by two men in a white car that grabbed him and assaulted him as he got out of his car near his home. He said that the car the two men were riding in was a private one, and not the well-recognized GMC Suburban with the logo of the religious police on it.

He also said that he asked his wife to quickly run inside their building for her own protection, but that the men ran after her grabbing her abaya before she finally managed to get into one of the neighbors’ apartment after screaming for help.
Probably just some "other pious people" . . .
[Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ghaith, the head of the commission] also said that by visibly displaying their nametags, members could differentiate themselves from other pious people who offer advice in public areas, but are not authorized to go beyond that.


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