mutawa

Etymology
From the, from.

Noun

 * 1) A member of the religious police in Saudi Arabia.
 * 2) * ibidem, page 37:
 * Conservatively dressed, but not in the standard attire of Saudi women, Wynn-Stanley was harangued by a mutawwa, so she pulled out her Saudi-issued diplomatic identity card. The mutawwa’s response was to throw it on the ground and grind it into the pavement with the sole of his shoe, a gesture considered a grave insult in Arab custom.
 * 1) The religious police as a body.
 * 1) The religious police as a body.