Row Over Detention of Woman�s Rescuers

There seems to be new and surprising trend here...another article critical of Muttawahs in the Arab News!
Row Over Detention of Woman's Rescuers: "JEDDAH, 10 March 2005 � A group of men were detained by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice for trying to help a woman who screamed for help as she was being forcibly taken away by commission members. The incident occurred in a market in Taif."...

Salah went on to say that there should be no force in Islam. “Even though commission members play a positive role in combating alcohol and drug violations and brothels, they do sometimes overstep their limits and go beyond their jurisdiction. Also the man in the car should be punished in public to deter others from such behavior but I don’t approve of exposing a woman because a woman’s reputation is precious.”