haram police
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[edit]Noun
[edit]- (Islam) A group or organization of hardline or fundamentalist Muslims who frequently and aggressively point out sins.
- 1994, Francis E. Peters, Mecca, A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land, page 275:
- The care of the mataf [the paved area round the Ka'ba] is the peculiar duty of a corps of fifty black eunuches, who also act as the Haram police.
- 2008, Kate Zebiri, British Muslim Converts, page 126:
- Consequendy, litde cultivation of artistic talent has been developed, and it almost seems that only mediocrity is accepted as squeaking past the harsh gaze of the halal/haram police
- 2013, Robert Hefner, Religions in Movement, page 223:
- During one MJD presentation to explain her point, Somaya refers to the film clip 'the Haram police' on 'Ummah Films', suggesting that the others 'check out' this funny—and even attractive—guy called 'Baba Ali'.
- 2014, Alia Bano, Shades, page 8:
- He was the haram police