http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png http://jezebel.com/tag/religiouspolice http://jezebel.com/tag/religiouspolice Apparently Saudi Arabia's religious police are cracking down on adorned abayas — the black cloaks worn by women — prior to Eid — the celebration which marks the end of the month of Ramadan (it's today). Shopkeepers attempting to sell the black robes decorated with patterns, beads or trim — allowed under slightly relaxed dress codes — claim to have been threatened by the police, or mutawa'a, and have had to turn away customers. "They should focus on fighting vices, not women," said Buthaina Nassr, a women's activist, "I do not understand why they force us to wear black in such a hot country while men can wear white." [Mosan Mosan via Global Voices]

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