Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice
Overview
The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (abbreviated CPVPV; هيئة الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر in Arabic
and formerly called the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Elimination of Sin or CAVES) or HAIA is the Saudi Arabia
n government bureaucracy employing "religious police" or mutaween
(مطوعين romanized in English) to enforce Sharia Law within that Islamic nation.
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
and formerly called the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Elimination of Sin or CAVES) or HAIA is the Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
n government bureaucracy employing "religious police" or mutaween
Mutaween
The word mutaween most literally means "volunteers" in the Arabic language, and is commonly used as a casual term for the government-authorized or government-recognized religious police of Saudi Arabia....
(مطوعين romanized in English) to enforce Sharia Law within that Islamic nation.
