haram police
/həˈɹɑːm.pəˈliːs/
haram police noun: a group or organization of hardline or fundamentalist Muslims who frequently and aggressively point out sins.
Noun
haram police (uncountable)
- A group or organization of hardline or fundamentalist Muslims who frequently and aggressively point out sins.
- 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.1994, Francis E. Peters, Mecca, A Literary History of the Muslim Holy Land, page 275
- 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 police2008, Kate Zebiri, British Muslim Converts, page 126
Questions about haram police
- What does haram police mean?
- Haram police means a group or organization of hardline or fundamentalist Muslims who frequently and aggressively point out sins.
- What part of speech is haram police?
- Haram police is a noun.
- How do you pronounce haram police?
- Haram police is pronounced /həˈɹɑːm.pəˈliːs/.
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