• 01/09/2022
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Saudi moral police are declining.Everything is allowed now, the guardians complain<

The Commission for Promotion of Honor and Prevention of Vices or Mutava has gradually been postponed to the second track since 2016.She lost "all her privileges and it is not clear what to do now," says 37 -year -old Fajsal.

Moral police members were once visible everywhere and were feared.Were to prevent immoral behavior, drug smuggling and alcohol.

These men had the right to take action against women who had no properly dressed Abája, a black long dress covering the body.They also chased those who did not respect the rule of separation of people by sex.

Since 2017, when he became Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the rules of wearing abaja have been released, mixed companies of men and women are downplaying, and traders no longer have to be closed at the time of prayer.

"It was previously spoken of the Commission for Honor Promotion and the Prevention of Vices, now we are only talking about the office for entertainment," says ironically Fajsal about the institution that was established in 2016 and is engaged in organizing festivals and concerts of pop music.

His former colleague Turki's opinion is that the moral police "exists only formally"."He no longer has the right to intervene or insist on a change in inappropriate behavior," Turki says.Those who remain at this institution do it only "for money".

Lama came out with her colleague to smoke in the center of Riyadh and Mutava agents who scared her in the past anymore.“A few years ago no one would think of smoking on the street.We were beaten by batons, ”says Lama, who has an abay open to see the clothes under her.

Moral police officers disappeared from the streets, spend their days in offices and invent campaigns to promote good morals and hygienic measures.Employees of this Islamic institution have decreased and the unit is isolated, confirms one of the representatives on condition of anonymity.

Mutava wants to reform and adapt to the time in which more than half of the people under the age of thirty -five are in the thirty -five million country.

Its commander Abdarrahman Sanad admitted in a television interview last year that some agents abused their position and worked without "have any experience and qualifications".Said that the unit will start employing women.

Saudi Saudi Katib considers the isolation and restriction of Mutava powers to be a radical change.Professor of political science and expert in the Gulf of Paris of Paris Stéphane Lacroix believes that the kingdom can not afford to completely get rid of this institution.According to him, in the future Mutava is reorientation to other tasks.

However, political repression in Saudi Arabia continues.She has been added since Muhammad's accession to power, Human Rights Defender says.The government is chasing all critical voices, including feminist, including.