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berkuasa agama Arab Saudi memberi amaran bakal berpesta ter-hadap meraikan Malam
Tahun Baru dalam kerajaan Islam yang kebanyakannya Sunni sebanyak 30 juta
orang, laporan media tempatan.
Amaran
itu telah disampaikan oleh Suruhanjaya Penggalakan Kebaikan dan Pencegahan Naib
(CPVPV), agensi kerajaan yang menggunakan “polis agama” atau Mutawa untuk
menguatkuasakan Undang-undang Syariah di dalam negara Islam.
CPVPV
berasaskan amarannya pada fatwa diturunkan daripada jawatankuasa elit ulama
Arab yang melarang sambutan itu, Okaz tempatan melaporkan setiap hari. Arab Saudi
berikut kalendar lunar Islam, tidak seperti negara-negara Teluk lain yang
menggunakan kalendar Gregory.
Walaupun
pada rondaan, yang Mutawa menguatkuasakan beberapa peraturan, termasuk
memeriksa bahawa wanita memakai Abaya yang . . . pakaian jubah seperti hitam, menguatkuasakan
peraturan bagi wanita tidak-memandu, dan memastikan bahawa dadah tidak
diniagakan. Polis agama juga melarang penjualan mawar merah dan hadiah untuk
Hari Valentine pada 14 Februari.
Pada
bulan November, Mutawa menahan 2 lelaki di ibu negara Riyadh untuk menawarkan
pelukan percuma. Dilaporkan, pihak polis bertindak balas kepada aduan daripada
keluarga tempatan dan individu tentang tindakan lelaki. Kedua-dua terpaksa
menan-datangani ikrar bahawa mereka tidak akan menawarkan pelukan percuma lagi.
Cancel your New Year’s Eve festivities, Saudi
religious police warn . . .
Saudi
Arabia's religious authorities have warned would-be revelers against
celebrating New Year's Eve in the predominantly Sunni Muslim kingdom of 30
million people, local media report.
The
warning was delivered by the Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and the
Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), the government agency that employs "religious
police" or Mutawa to enforce Sharia Law inside the Islamic nation.
The
CPVPV based its warning on a religious edict handed down from the elite
committee of Saudi clerics that forbids such celebrations, the local Okaz daily
reported. Saudi Arabia follows the Muslim lunar calendar, unlike all other Gulf
states that use the Gregorian calendar.
While on
patrol, the Mutawa enforce a number of rules, which include checking that women
wear the abaya, a black, robe-like dress, enforcing the no-driving rule for
females, and ensuring that drugs are not being traded. The religious police
also forbid the sale of red roses and gifts for Valentine's Day on February 14.
In
November, Mutawa arrested two men in the capital of Riyadh for offering free
hugs. Reportedly, the police reacted to the complaints of local families and
individuals about the men's actions. The two had to sign a pledge that they
would not offer free hugs ever again.
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