‘Un-Islamic’ female mannequins beheaded on Taliban orders in Afghanistan’s Herat

Banamu females who dot shopping centers The capital of Afghanistan culture “un-islamic”, which has been reported to say, and order their heads to be removed. Given the order, a video shop worker using saws to decapitate many mannequins has become viral on Twitter.

Initially shared by writers and activists based in Kabul Homeira Qaderi, this video was also posted by BBC Persian Journalist Zia Shahreyar, who also put it in the context.

This is a statue – they are defined in books (holy) and may not be in Islam. It’s worshiped. They (shop owners) say that they display clothes on them, “said the report quoted the head” Deputy Deputy and Virtue “said.

According to the report, the department “warns that shop owners will be punished if they violate the command”. It added that orders had received criticism from garment sellers and mall owners.

This video has produced Furore on social media, with several users questioning the priority of the Taliban regime when Afghanistan faces a humanitarian crisis driven by lack of food and economy crashing.

“It doesn’t make a less sexy mannequin, or a less aroused man. It only sends a message that a woman’s body can accept maximum graphics violence,” User said.

Located in Western Afghanistan, Oasis City of Herat is the third in the country, and is seen as the center of cultural heritage and Afghan art, according to an article written by historian c.P.w. Gammell in Prospect magazine.

The Tajik and Hazara population of the majority of the city, which mainly speaks from, “badly informed” under the Royal Taliban who speaks Pashto in 1996-2001, Gammell added. After the takeover of August 2021, city residents have tried to maintain “spirit” culture “in opposing the Taliban”, he said.