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Saudi Arabia's mutawwa, who have been known to force men to cut their hair, are being re-trained to handle a potential influx of non-Muslim tourists, a government official has said.
The Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT) said that the Authority for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice otherwise known as the anti-vice police, or 'mutawwa' had volunteered to take part in an orientation programme.
"It was the Authority that requested that some of its members be able to participate in the Ya Hala (Welcome!) programme," Majid Al Shiddi, SCT spokesman said.
"It aims to teach how to deal with people of different cultures and develop communication skills," Shiddi said.
Saudi Arabia this year announced a drive to attract tourists from around the world to a land that has long remained closed to many outsiders, especially Westerners.
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