Palestinian Morality Police

I don't have a favorite religion.   I'm not a fan of any of them.   When people ask me why I point to things like this.

"Are you Muslim or not?" one officer asked the sullen waiter, who'd been picked up for smoking in public during the daily fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "When I see you eating or smoking, it is shameful."

Officer?  Do the cops normally question your religion?  Sure thing!  Wait until you see the new show "Morality Cops" (bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do when you burn in hell?)

"Tell your boss that tomorrow, the first thing we are going to do is close down his restaurant," warned the second interrogator, who was wearing a thick red armband that read "Morality Police."

The Morality Police have come to the Palestinian Authority. Only the charge isn't being led by hard-liners from the militant Islamist Hamas movement, as many once feared, it's being spearheaded by the secular Fatah party as part of its campaign to undermine growing support for Hamas in the West Bank.

The Morality Police?   I bet George Orwell wish he thought of that one.  Now some critics might say there is nothing wrong with enforcing the law.  This has nothing to do with religion.  Like this member of the morality police.

"Morality is part of the public order," said Murad Qundah, the 27-year-old police captain who heads the new 10-person unit. "We are not a religious police."

Launched two weeks ago to coincide with the beginning of Ramadan, Morality Police foot patrols already have arrested nearly two dozen Palestinians for smoking or drinking in public when they were supposed to be fasting.

Supposed to be fasting.  Sez who?

My apologies if this has been diaried before but I hadn't heard of it until today.   I bet James Dobson is jealous.  And angry.  I'll save my thoughts Dr. Dobson for another time when i do some shower blogging.