Police And Police
It’s one thing having a police force to ensure that criminals get caught, but having a religious police force is something else. The “Committee for the Preservation of Virtue and for the Prevention of Vice,” is responsible for a number of duties. The “Mutaween” ensures that residents and tourists are dressed and behaving appropriately.
Founding Father
How did Saudi Arabia get its name? Thanks to King Abdul Aziz bin Rahman Al Saud, or Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabia is what it is today. In 1932 he proclaimed Saudi independence and crowned himself as king. He had 17 different wives, fathered 44 known sons — 35 of which were still alive after he died in 1953 — and an unknown number of daughters.