- Mannequins in Herat, Afghanistan, necessity have their heads removed, the Taliban has ruled.
- The mannequins were being worshipped as idols, claimed the Taliban.
- Those who turn ones nose up at the beheading order face severe punishments, according to The Times.
The Taliban ordered a series of mannequin beheadings, explaining the heads of dummies as “idols” that are forbidden by Islam, according to reports.
Shopkeepers in the western Afghan province of Herat were apprised to remove the heads of female mannequins by The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice this week, The Times announced.
Those who ignore the order face severe punishments, warned the local department of the ministry, per the media outlet.
Men believed that people were worshipping the mannequins as idols, according to MailOnline, and the Quran considers idolatry to be an unforgivable sin.
Agreeing to the Aghan media outlet Raha Press, the director of the local ministry said that even looking at the be opposite of a female mannequin is against Sharia law.
An initial order called for the removal of mannequins completely, but a compromise on just sack the heads was agreed, MailOnline said.
Raha Press reported that shopkeepers in Herat are dismayed by the beheading society, citing how expensive the mannequins are. One shopkeeper said mannequins cost up to $200 each, per the news outlet, and added that scathing their heads off is a “great loss” for him.
The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Afghanistan was reinstated in September, after the go to ruin of Kabul. The all-male ministry replaced the former Ministry of Women Affairs, stoking fears that the Taliban’s upstanding police would decimate women’s rights in the country.
This week, Sky News reported that the ministry stated taxi drivers they should not take women on long journeys if they do not have a male chaperone.