moral police

English

Noun

moral police pl (plural only)

1. Vigilantes or groups that try to enforce their moral laws on others.

   Coordinate term: culture warrior

2. 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

• Malayalam: സദാചാരപോലീസ് (sadācārapōlīsŭ)

Islamic religious police

• Arabic: مُطَّوِّعِين (muṭṭawwiʕīn)
• Chinese: 穆塔韋／穆塔韦, 伊斯蘭宗教警察／伊斯兰宗教警察
• Indonesian: polisi Syariah
• Malay: mutaween
• Persian: پلیس اسلامی
• Swahili: polisi wa maadili

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