Dispatch From the Religion of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice

Via Powerline comes this story from Saudi Arabia. It seems the police in Riyadh have captured their man. Or, as more likely, their woman:

The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR), Saudi Arabia’s non-governmental rights body, will address the Governorate of Riyadh regarding Yara, a 36-year-old Jeddah-based businesswoman who was apprehended by the religious police and thrown in Al-Malaz Prison on Monday.

And what "crime" brought about this imprisonment?

Yara said she endured a humiliating and frightening hours-long ordeal that began with her arrest by a member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice for having coffee with an unrelated man in a Starbucks cafe in Riyadh.

For this offense, Yara was taken against her will, strip-searched, forced to sign a confession, and tossed in jail. And these "officials" claim to be promoting virtue and preventing vice? How can I get hold of them for kidnapping a woman and stripping her in the name of virtue?

Islam doesn't have to be a medieval religion, but the Saudis don't seem capable of letting it grow up.