Following a brand new typical Talibani law in Afghanistan, the mannequins at women’s dress shops in Kabul were seen with their faces covered, apparently because the open display of womanlike figures was against Islamic law.
Several photographs from stores in Afghanistan have surfaced on social media, displaying the peculiar sight of hooded mannequins.
Reacting to it, several users pointed out that the kind of rigid “inhumane and peculiar” laws brought into Taliban-ruled Afghanistan have degraded the quality of life for the people living there, especially women.
Several store owners have covered the faces of the mannequins with clothing, aluminium foil, or plastic bags to follow Taliban demands.
Agents of the Ministry of Vice and Virtue frequently check stores and malls to make sure that the mannequins are either beheaded or covered, according to a store owner named Aziz.
He objected to the regulations, saying, “No one is going to worship mannequins since everyone understands they aren’t idols.”
Previously, the Taliban issued a “beheading” order to store owners in western Afghanistan last year, again pointing out that human figures are against Islamic law.
A video related to the same went viral on social media, where men were seen butchering the mannequins to comply with the law.
