Saudi anti-vice police ordered to keep off family areas of hotels
Mariam Al Hakeem; 23/9/08
The agents of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have been barred from entering the family sections of restaurants and hotels without the express permission of the commission’s chief. Shaikh Ebrahim Al Gaith, who heads the commission, said he received directives from Prince Khalid Al Faisal, Emir of Makkah region, to ban commission members from entering the family section of restaurants unless prior permission is granted to them. Al Gaith said the Emir’s instructions do not apply to eateries in malls and shopping centres.Commission staff randomly enter malls, restaurants and local and private establishments to enforce proper moral conduct.
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Tags: Human Rights, Religion, Saudi Arabia