moral police
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English
Noun
- Vigilantes or groups that try to enforce their moral laws on others.
- Coordinate term: culture warrior
- A special police force in some conservative countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Malaysia that enforces religious laws by punishing sinners.
Translations
vigilante group
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Islamic religious police
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See also
- Sharia patrol, Sharia police, Syariah police (Malaysia), religious police
- JAWI (Malaysian Islamic moral police), JAIS (Islamic moral police specific to Selangor)
Further reading
moral police on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Islamic religious police on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
