Saudi head of religious police criticises agents for handling of 'nail polish' row The video has been viewed more than one million times, but her behaviour attracted scores of negative comments online. One posting said she had "no shame" and accused her of "prostituting" herself. Another called her a "slut" and a "whore." In January, Saudi King Abdullah appointed a more moderate head of the religious police raising hopes that a more lenient force will ease draconian social constraints in the Islamic country. Two weeks into his post, Sheikh Abdullatif Abdel Aziz al-Sheikh banned volunteers from serving in the commission which enforces the kingdom's strict Islamic rules. And in April he went further prohibiting the religious police from "harassing people" and threatening "decisive measures against violators." The woman filmed the incident herself and posted it on YouTube. At one point during the video, she cautions the religious police that she has already posted the exchange online. It is also not clear if the woman was eventually forced to leave the centre. The religious police prevent women from driving, require them to be covered from head to foot in black, ban public entertainment, and force all commerce, from supermarkets to petrol stations, to come to a halt at prayer times, five times a day.