Saudi Arabia's religious police caused a stir this week after they told a parliament session they planned to install cameras in shopping malls to monitor and catch people committing what they labeled as "indecent behavior."Members of Saudi's Shura Council, or Consultative Assembly, urged the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or religious police, to reconsider its decision, which they slammed as an invasion of privacy.
"Installing these cameras is an invasion of privacy and is most likely to cause many problems," said Member of Parliament Abdul-Rahman al-Anad.
"What if I meet my sister in the mall and I want to greet her? Isn't this an invasion of privacy?" MP Zain al-Abdeen Barry said.
Barry said he was concerned watching activities on cameras left things up to anyones interpretation and said officers would most likely come up with conclusions based on their own personal perspective.