Afghan shopkeepers in the western province of Herat were told to hack the heads off their mannequins after Islamist officials ruled the statues were ‘idols.’ Idolatry, or the worshipping of idols, is considered a grave sin in Islam which bans the worship of anyone or thing other than Allah.
Daily Mail (h/t Nita) The ruling was issued this week by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Herat, which is responsible for administering the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islam.
Initially, the ministry had ordered shops to remove the mannequins completely but shopkeepers complained, saying it would destroy what little business they have left. After listening to the complaints, Sheikh Aziz-u-Rahman – head of the ministry – ruled the mannequins’ heads should be cut off instead.
But business owners say hacking their mannequins apart still represents a significant financial loss at a time when Afghanistan’s economy has more-or-less collapsed.
Abdul Wadood Faiz Zada told Italian newspaper Repubblica: ‘The heads of the mannequins should be covered, not removed. ‘Each mannequin costs $100, or $80 or $70, and beheading them will be a huge financial loss.’
Mohammad Yusuf added: ‘The Taliban have not changed, there will be restrictions once again.
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ACTUAL BEHEADINGS since Joe Biden allowed the Taliban to take over
Islamic fanatics seem to have a fetish for decapitation. Do these people get off on that or something?
I do enjoy the beheading videos on this blog. Bonnie hasn’t posted any in a long, long time though. …but they remain my single biggest attraction of this blog.
I used to watch the decapitations early in the morning with my coffee and breakfast. It’s fun to know what my misguided, estranged brethren are up to in Iraq and Afghanistan.
MuhahahahahahahahahaMAD, on the other hand, gets off on the Bacha Bazi stories from Afghanistan. That’s undeniably his sole preference.
Sigmund Freud once said that even boys can have an Electra complex….and I’m still not sure what gender MuhahahahahahahahahaMAD is. But I guess if he travels to Afghanistan, he’ll quickly become the life of the party. 😁 😁 😁 😁
Bubba Grumpy, obviously he’s here cause he likes to read ALL my comments.
“Different ‘strokes’ for different folks” I suppose…
Ghulam I don’t post them much anymore because they very hard to find now.
A true GHOULham. From Wikipedia: Ghoul is an Arabic word, defined as a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid originating in pre-Islamic Arabian religion, associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh. By extension, the word ghoul is used in a derogatory sense to refer to a person who delights in the macabre. Sound familiar?
I’m sure it’s flattering, but try to do something positive for the world while your here. You can do it! Give it the old college try!
Hey Bill
Why don’t you tell that to your fellow Americans who love WATCHING macabre movies / PLAYING gory video games.
Which would YOU prefer watching, a movie or the REAL thing???
No I condemn pederasty, why don’t you?
I LOVE how it sounds in English.
Cutting off the head of a plastic mannequin is fine and good as it may cause sexual urges…
Watching wee boys dance in a sexual manner for the benefit of smelly old men is also fine and good as it feeds their sexual urges…. Go figure…
If muslim men want all their women to cover up from head to toe so that these women will not cause them to get sexually excited thereby feeling the strong need to rape them, then does that not mean that these muslim men are indeed admitting they are in fact rapists… Inquiring minds want to know.
The devout followers of barbarian savage warlord Mohammad HATE God’s gift of women so much they even have to behead female mannequins.
Just has a brief conversation re this post with my nephew-in-law (father of Sakura). He dismissed the beheading of mannikins as “differences in culture”. I did not push it because I don’t want to create a rift in the family relationships (I get on really well with Sakura’s dad). But… the ignorance of the Taliban in my country is truly astounding.
Same here, especially the current administration.
I think you’re with Jacinda’s crowd, right? Ignorance of ALL things islamic…..!!
After the Brent Tarrant show they even had hijab get-together’s in my small Central Otago town.
I just can’t believe how my countrymen and women could possibly be so guileless and stupid.
When, in history, have moslems EVER been our friends? Oh, sorry, I forgot history is being discontinued in western schools….
Peter, no she is definitely NOT with Jacinda. Quite the opposite and a long time good friend of BNI.