单词 | mutawwa |
释义 | mutawwan. In Saudi Arabia: a member of the religious police.The official title of this body is the Committee for Propagating Virtue and Suppressing Evil. ΚΠ a1977 D. Holden & R. Johns House of Saud (1981) xvi. 261 When..some enterprising individuals set up clubs to show films, the irrepressible mutawain soon got wind of the abominable initiative and put an end to it. 1993 Daily Tel. 22 Dec. 1/2 A mutawwa assaulted one of the parents, leaving marks on her arm. 1995 Independent 12 Oct. 16/4 In Saudi Arabia, Western employees have reported to human rights groups the systematic harassment of Asian housemaids by..members of the muttawa. 1998 Chicago Tribune 6 July vi. 3/2 Women are veiled, educated in segregated schools and banned from socializing with men except close relatives. Those who challenge the system risk being detained by the ‘mutawwa’, or religious police. 2001 N.Y. Times 18 Nov. (Washington Final ed.) iv. 13/6 The..matawain..use sticks to make sure women hide beneath their abayas. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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