Saudi Arabia's religious gestapo working on PR image
Guardian | Submitted by: Ryan
"Besides ensuring that businesses close for the five daily prayers, and that women observe the dress code, they arrest unrelated men and women who are found together, and check text messages on teenagers' mobiles. During a school fire in Mecca in March they reportedly drove back girls who tried to escape without wearing headscarves, and prevented male rescuers from entering the building on the grounds that they would be 'mixing' with the opposite sex. Fourteen girls died in the blaze." But don't worry -- now they've undergone training to be more polite during the course of their duties.
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