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While the general police are tasked with investigating criminal matters and providing national security, the Mutaween specialize in enforcing the strict religious customs of Sharia law. [11] Policing in Saudi Arabia represents the pinnacle of the enforcement of Islamic law and customs as it is both an absolute monarchy and a theocracy.
The powers and responsibilities of Islamic religious police vary by country, but in contrast to the enforcement of laws against crimes like robbery and murder by conventional police forces, Islamic religious police have focused more on such issues as preventing the consumption of alcohol among Muslims, mixing of men and women, playing of music ...
Oct. 10—EFFINGHAM — Dozens of local and state police officers joined forces with area churches Saturday to send a message in support of law enforcement and public safety. The Crossroads Faith ...
Religious fraud is a term used for civil [1] [2] or criminal fraud carried out in the name of a religion [3] [4] or within a religion, e.g. false claims to being kosher [5] [6] or tax fraud. [ 7 ] A specific form of religious fraud is pious fraud (Latin: pia fraus ), whereby one employs lies and/or deception in order to convince others of the ...
The Kano State Hisbah Corps is a religious police force in Kano state, Nigeria responsible for the enforcement of Shari'a to only Muslims in Kano state and other parts of the northern Nigeria. Malam yahaya faruk chedi is the first commander General of Hisba, followed by Sheik Ibrahim Mu'azzam Maibushra and then Sheik Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa. [ 1 ]
the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 Section 102 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), as amended, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of national origin and citizenship status as well as document abuse and retaliation under the Immigration and ...
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation Law Enforcement Bulletin commented on it as an "effort at acknowledging the spiritual genesis of the profession provides a promising framework for collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to many of law enforcement’s critical concerns." [27]
An experienced law enforcement leader untainted by recent Justice Department controversies has a better chance to implement effective reforms while lessening accusations of politicization. Any ...