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Saudi religious police HQ targeted by sex maniacs Tried to create a sex video right in front of the police headquarter signboard By  Staff Published Sunday, November 27, 2011 Three Saudi men parked their car close to the headquarters of the Gulf Kingdom’s feared religious police late night, got out and started having sex with a woman accompanying them just in front of the massive police signboard. They were filming themselves with the aim publicising the shot to defame the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the most influential law enforcement authority in the Muslim nation....

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has appointed a new chief for its powerful religious police, a force that came under criticism earlier this year. The new director of the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice is Sheik Ibrahim Abdullah al-Ghaith, said a royal decree published by the official Saudi Press Agency on Wednesday night. Al-Ghaith succeeds Sheik Abdul Aziz al-Sayed, whose four-year term recently ended. The post is equivalent to that of a minister. The religious police, or muttawa, are charged with ensuring that women are covered in black robes outside their homes, the...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--A student who stubbed out a cigarette on a pile of papers caused the March 11 school fire that killed 15 girls, but the authority that oversees girls' education was also held responsible for neglecting problems at the facility, Saudi press reports said Monday. However, the investigation into the fire in the holy city of Mecca absolved the powerful muttawa, or religious police. The final report described as ''untrue'' earlier reports that said the muttawa blocked rescue attempts by male firefighters and paramedics because some girls were not wearing long black cloaks and head coverings required in public....