saudi arabia is one of the few countries that have "religious police" (known as "haia" or "mutaween"), who patrol the streets "enjoining good and forbidding wrong" by enforcing dress codes, strict separation of men and women, attendance at prayer ("salat") five times each day, the ban on alcohol, and other aspects of "sharia" (islamic law). (in the privacy of the home behavior can be far looser, and reports from the daily mail and wikileaks indicate that the ruling saudi royal family applies a different moral code to itself, indulging in parties, drugs and sex.)