Islamic religious police

The force was aimed to "fight those who are being corrupted by [[Iblis|Satan]], and do not observe sharia law."<ref name=accused>Khaled Abu Toameh, [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1246443716574 'They accused me of laughing in public'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616180558/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1246443716574 |date=2011-06-16 }}, Jerusalem Post 04-08-2009</ref><ref name=islamic>[[Jonathan Spyer]], Analysis: The Islamic republic of Gaza, Jerusalem Post 29-09-2009</ref><ref>AKI, [http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1399729803 Middle East: New Jihadi Cells Multiply in the Gaza Strip], October 8, 2007. "In Gaza, there also appears to be a morality police, or "authority for the propagation of morality and the prohibition of vice," a name frequently used by Saudi Arabia's religious police and used by [[Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Afghanistan)|Afghanistan]] under the [[Taliban]] regime, to impose and respect Islamic rules."</ref><ref name="Schanzer2">[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/221807/hamas-rules/jonathan-schanzer Hamas Rules: The Talibanization of Gaza]. by J. Schanzer, [[National Review]]. August 15, 2007</ref>

The force was aimed to "fight those who are being corrupted by [[Iblis|Satan]], and do not observe sharia law."<ref name=accused>Khaled Abu Toameh, [http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1246443716574 'They accused me of laughing in public'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616180558/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1246443716574 |date=2011-06-16 }}, Jerusalem Post 04-08-2009</ref><ref name=islamic>[[Jonathan Spyer]], Analysis: The Islamic republic of Gaza, Jerusalem Post 29-09-2009</ref><ref>AKI, [http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.1399729803 Middle East: New Jihadi Cells Multiply in the Gaza Strip], October 8, 2007. "In Gaza, there also appears to be a morality police, or "authority for the propagation of morality and the prohibition of vice," a name frequently used by Saudi Arabia's religious police and used by [[Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Afghanistan)|Afghanistan]] under the [[Taliban]] regime, to impose and respect Islamic rules."</ref><ref name="Schanzer2">[http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/221807/hamas-rules/jonathan-schanzer Hamas Rules: The Talibanization of Gaza]. by J. Schanzer, [[National Review]]. August 15, 2007</ref>

===Indonesia===

[[File:Aceh in Indonesia.svg|thumb|Location of Aceh (red) in Indonesia]]

After the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]], people believed that it was a punishment from God, which caused the governor, [[Mustafa Abubakar]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-05|title=Gubernur Aceh dari Masa ke Masa|url=https://acehkita.com/gubernur-aceh-dari-masa-ke-masa/|access-date=2021-10-24|website=ACEHKITA.COM|language=en-US}}</ref> to officially launch the [[Wilayatul Hisbah|Polisi Syariat Islam]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}} The task force started out with 13 officers in 2005 and grew to 62 officers, including 14 females by 2009. However, the organization has a total of more than 1,000 people in which at least 400 people are under contract and the rest are volunteers. Polisi Syariat Islam is devoted to catching anyone who does not strictly follow every aspect of the [[Sharia|Sharia law]]. They are known to use excessive tactics, such as stalking and searching properties without proper warrants or motive. Punishments range from a 24-hour hold for physical contact between unmarried people of the opposite sex to beatings for marriage infidelity. Since 2001, the Indonesian province of [[Aceh]] has enforced its version of Islamic law and has used flogging to punish offenders.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2014/12/21/the-heavy-hand-of-religious-police-in-aceh | title=Indonesia Islamic law }}</ref>

===Iran===

===Iran===

{{Main article|Guidance Patrol}}

{{Main article|Guidance Patrol}}