colloquially termed hai’a (committee), whose enforcers are referred to as muttawa, mutaween (pl.)), are tasked with enforcing conservative Islamic norms...

just celebrated mass in a private house when seven religious policemen (muttawa) broke into the house together with two ordinary policemen. The police...

just celebrated mass in a private house when seven religious policemen (muttawa) broke into the house together with two ordinary policemen. The police...

cook on the vessel was titled Jallas. Larger boats would even include a Muttawa to lead prayers. The vessels ranged from the relatively small Banoosh to...

religious instruction and advice. Kuttabs, which were also known as mutta or muttawa, were split into two sub-sections. The first type of kuttab taught only...

colloquially termed hai’a (committee), whose enforcers are referred to as muttawa, mutaween (pl.)), are tasked with enforcing conservative Islamic norms...

in Mecca in 2002, killing fifteen female students as a result of the muttawa's curtailing the attempts of rescue workers. Furthermore, then-editor-in-chief...