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The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (abbreviated CPVPV; Arabic: هيئة الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر‎) also informally referred to as Haia is the Saudi Arabian government agency employing religious police or mutaween (Arabic: مطوعين ‎) to enforce Sharia Law within that Islamic nation.The number of police is estimated at 3500-4000.

formation year
1940-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

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