الأمر بالمعروف و النهي عن المنكر
English translation: Full name: Committee for Preservation of Virftue and Prevention of Vice (Saudi Arabia)
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peer agreement (net): +1Full name: Committee for Preservation of Virftue and Prevention of Vice (Saudi Arabia) Explanation: Ahalan wa sahalan... That is part of the formal name of a quasi-official organisation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Full name: [Added the Arabic term for "Committee" below] Committee for the Preservation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Saudi Arabia) هيئة الأمر بالمعروف و النهي عن المنكر Operatives of this entity are referred to "on the street" as volunteers or "mutwa3oon" = مطوعون. Hope this helps. Khair, in shaa' Allah. Regards, Stephen H. Franke San Pedro [al-Riyadh, KSA, 2006-2007] |
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The Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Explanation: # -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2009-03-03 20:23:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Arab Union for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ... 3 Mar 2009 ... Arab Union for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice 03/03/2009. By Dr. Hamad Al-Majid. Dr. Hamad Al-Majid ... www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=15928 - 4 hours ago - Similar pages - Q & A with Saudi Virtue Commission Head, Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ghaith ... Q) The media have recently been reporting on several cases involving the members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the ... www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=12954 - 50k - Cached - Similar pages - More results from www.aawsat.com » Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice ... The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (abbreviated CPVPV; هيئه الأمر بالمعروف و النهي عن المنكر in Arabic and formerly called ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Propagation_of_Virtue_and_Prevention_of_Vice - 45k - Cached - Similar pages - More results from en.wikipedia.org » -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2009-03-03 20:24:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Pls. see next link that shows the usage of this translation: http://www.google.com.eg/search?num=100&hl=en&newwindow=1&q=...|lang_en -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2009-03-03 20:39:13 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Pls. also consider this suggestion, based on wikipedia: *The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (abbreviated CPVPV; هيئه الأمر بالمعروف و النهي عن المنكر & the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Elimination of Sin or CAVES) details are below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_for_the_Propagation_o... quote"The Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (abbreviated CPVPV; هيئه الأمر بالمعروف و النهي عن المنكر in Arabic and formerly called the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Elimination of Sin or CAVES) is the English name of the Saudi Arabian government bureaucracy employing "religious police" or mutaween (مطوعين romanized in English) to enforce Sharia Law within that Islamic nation. (See mutawa'een for a list of variant spellings and an extended description of Islamic religious police.) Its approximately 3,500 members, and many more volunteers, patrol the streets enforcing dress codes, strict separation of men and women, salah prayer by Muslims during prayer times, and other behavior it believes to be commanded by Islam."unquote |
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enjoining what is just, and forbidding what is evil Explanation: enjoining what is just, and forbidding what is evil -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-03 21:33:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.harunyahya.com/Quran_translation/Quran_translatio... |
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Enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong Explanation: ... |
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