The Daily Mail, positively the worst publication in the Western world, ascribes this to the Taliban’s strict interpretation of Islam.” However, once the mannequins are declared idols, there is no interpretation of Islam that would render them acceptable. The only difference here between the Taliban and other Muslim groups is that some of the others might not determine the mannequins to be idols. And who worships mannequins, anyway?
“Taliban orders beheadings… for MANNEQUINS: Afghan clothes stores are told their dummies’ heads offend Islam,” by Chris Pleasance, MailOnline, December 31, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
The Taliban has begun beheading shop mannequins in Afghanistan for offending their strict interpretation of Islam.
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 – considered to be the only God.
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….
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.’…
Women and girls were immediately confined to their homes for ‘safety’, while the Taliban set about largely removing them from workplaces and schools….
Drivers should also stop their vehicles at prayer times in a ‘proper place’ so that prayers can take place, the ruling added….
somehistory says
The taliban “No virtue lots of vice,” guy must have felt worshipful toward these; and so rather than control himself, he ordered that they be headless.
A thing is not an “idol” unless someone views it that way. One might idolize anything…food, a mountain, tree, doll….but that makes the one idolizing a *thing* one with a problem.
This “vice, no virtue” mozlum is a control freak. and out of control. What next?
Ty Ader says
They should keep them for the Taliban to have sex with. It would make life easier for the goats.
Rarely says
Blow-up dolls are next. OH The Humanity!!!!
gravenimage says
There is actually a video of a Muslim rubbing up against a mannequin.
LR says
Haha. ?
LR says
@Ty – for my above post..
NOT that gross action against the mannequin. Eeewwww. ?
Walter Sieruk says
Taken into consideration just how terrible vicious bloodthirsty and murderous the Taliban are is would be a rather good thing if the Taliban would only limit beheading to mannequins and not real people.
Still the tragic and evil reality is that the Taliban don’t stop at mannequins and will they continue murdering humans.
If the Taliban would to be silly and keep on cutting the “heads” off the those lifeless figures made of wood that would be a harmless distraction to keep them from their horrendous deadly wicked actions they commit against actural people. Sadly the will not stop at beheading mannequins because of their heinously malicious Islamic mindset.
tim gallagher says
Ooh, the horror of it all. These manneqins are idols. How primitive are these brain dead knuckle draggers from the Taliban. Come on, shit for brains, it is 2022, it is time you troglodytes made a bit of progress and left the primitive, dopey 7th century Arab mentality behind. Of course, since these fuckwits love nothing more than going around beheading people, (sick pieces of crap that they are) this is all good practice for beheading people. These Taliban knuckle draggers are about as low as any human being can be. They are an embarrassment to the human race, most of which has progressed way beyond this primitive mentality.
Keith O says
Tim, You have such a subtle way of getting your point across, I LIKE IT!
gravenimage says
🙂
tim gallagher says
Thanks, Keith O. I’m glad you do enjoy my, maybe, somewhat over the top comments. Sometimes I cannot believe the primitiveness of the mentality of these Muslims, so I have to express my contempt and outrage over such knuckle draggers in an appropriate manner. I say this often but we are in 2022 and you have some people who spend their time deciding that mannequins are idols and must be beheaded along with other moronic crap. This idiotic nonsense is actually what they occupy their twisted, sick minds with. Some human beings have simply failed to make their way out of the primordial slime. islam seems to do this to the mentalities of many people who belong to the barbaric ideology.
Keith O says
Tim, From various conversations I have had, digger mates have told me that the Taliban are, in fact, very useful.
For practicing section attacks on.
For sniper training.
For practice at calling in fire support.
And for giving the rest of the world a shining example of how not too behave.
tim gallagher says
Yes, I guess the taliban would be useful for such activities, Keith O. Good to see that they are useful for something. Although all of Islam is primitive and evil, these taliban monsters are the worst of the worst, that’s for sure. They really take evil to the next level.
somehistory says
OT
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/identity-of-kabul-airport-bomber-revealed/vi-
“Identity of Kabul bomber revealed.” FOX News
Doomer says
The whole affair is hilarious. But it shows to what an extent,in my opinion, even slavery of non-Muslims would be reinstated, if they could, including sex slaves. That reminds me of the ROBERT SPENCER and JAVED HASHMI debate on “Violence in Christianity and Islam”.
a) Hashmi-Danios mentioned TWO papal bulls that authorized the slavery of Africans,both 15th century. The slave trade began in 1441,
and ended in 1850: 12 million Africans SOLD by Other Africans to Europeans, and 12 million OTHER Africans
who were Killed or Died along the way, by African slavers,and Never Saw a European.
b ) Spencer mentioned the 1537 PAPAL BULL “Sublimis Deus”, and said,quite rightly,that it ANNULED the previous 2 papal bulls.
Everywhere you see it written that it ONLY condemned the enslavement of American natives, Not Africans. I decided to verify.
Source:
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/popes-and-slavery-setting-the-record-straight-1119
1) In it there is the phrase “hereafter come to the knowledge of Christians”,
and we know that BEFORE 1537 (though it was against Spanish law), there had been de facto enslavement of DIFFERENT native Indian PEOPLES. The bull was Condemning it.
In effect, it was against enslaving THOSE Indian peoples ( of Different Tribes) that had been enslaved PRIOR to 1537.
b) The bull also has the phrase ” and ALL OTHER peoples”( not just “SOME other peoples, but All Other Peoples”.
c) So the prohibition of enslavement of those “all other peoples” would Include the AFRICANS.
The papal bull says,Literally:
“1 ) Therefore, We, . . . noting that the Indians themselves indeed are TRUE MEN….”
2) by our Apostolic Authority decree and declare by these present letters that the
same Indians
and ALL OTHER PEOPLES—even though they are outside the faith—who shall hereafter come to the knowledge of Christians have not been deprived or should NOT
be DEPRIVED of their LIBERTY or of their POSSESSIONS.
3) Rather they are to be able to use and enjoy this liberty and this ownership of property freely and licitly,
4) and are NOT to be reduced to SLAVERY,
5) and that whatever happens to the CONTRARY is to be considered NULL and VOID.
6) These same Indians and OTHER PEOPLES are to be invited to the said faith in Christ by preaching and the example of a good life.”
Doomer says
From this other Catholic source we have:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/56007/slavery-and-the-catholic-church
Here it is referring to the SAME Pope,Paul III,who wrote “Sublimis Deus”. Probably Hashmi-Danios was aware of the Following info, but it was AGAINST his argument.
It refers to a document by the Same Pope,Paul III,written a FEW DAYS before
he published “Sublimis Deus”,
plus about THREE More Papal Bulls that condemned slavery and the slave trade:
” a) A FEW DAYS BEFORE, he also
issued a BRIEF, entitled PASTORALE OFFICIUM
to Cardinal Juan de Tavera of Toledo,
which warned the Catholic faithful of EXCOMMUNICATION for participating in SLAVERY.
b) Unfortunately Pope Paul made reference to the King of Castile and Aragon in this Brief. Under political pressure, the Pope
later retracted this Brief but did
not annul the Bull. It is interesting to note that even though he retracted his Brief,
Popes GEGORY XIV, URBAN VIII and BENEDICT XIV still RECOGNIZED and CONFIRMED ( My Note: recognized the “Pastorale Officium”)
its authority against slavery and the slave trade.
c) Popes Gregory XIV (Cum Sicuti, 1591),
Urban VIII (Commissum Nobis, 1639)
and Benedict XIV (Immensa Pastorum, 1741)
also condemned slavery and the slave trade.”
Doomer says
1. WHY would the SPANISH king, Charles I, condemned the Pope for excommunication of Catholics who participated in slavery?
2. As I said before, enslavement of Indians was illegal from the beginning, it would be ridiculous to Force the Pope to RETRACT for condemning something Spanish law itself was against.
3. UNLESS, of course, it was obviously understood to mean, excommunication for Catholics who participated
in ANY kind of slavery, including that of AFRICANS.
gravenimage says
Yes, Doomer–but of course Islam has never condemned slavery, not to this day. In fact, Islam condones slavery, and the “Prophet” Muhammed was himself a slaver and slaver trader who enslaved his victims.
gravenimage says
And one of the first things ISIS did in creating its Caliphate was legalizing slaavery and enslaving Yezidi and Christian girls as sex slaves.
Westman says
The Taliban, obviously, are completely returning to their previous behavior. There is verse in the Bible which seems to apply: “But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.” — 2 Peter 2:22
How did anyone believe the Taliban would give up power over women or lose power by becoming more liberal?
somehistory says
That Proverb is True….and does apply to the taliban. It’s revolting when a dog “returns” and it’s revolting that after all of the sacrifices made, the taliban are behaving exactly as before.
It was predictable…when mozlums come here, they behave as they did where they were. The taliban haven’t moved…not all of them, anyway….so they will continue to be as they were/are as long as they remain mozlum.
And the taliban members who left that country? They will make waves in the places where they have gone so as to spread the evil filth.
gravenimage says
Afghanistan: Taliban orders mannequins beheaded after head of Virtue and Vice ministry rules they are ‘idols’
………….
Ah…right–because everyone “worships” hat stands. *Morons*.
jewdog says
I remember reading a newspaper article several years ago, before 911, that despite the prohibition on television, one of the Taliban bigwig holy rollers liked to watch TV in his home anyway. The point is, all the money we poured into Afghanistan, and all the sacrifices we made, have come to naught. The same hypocritical ignoramuses are back doing the same nonsense just as though we were never there.
This is why I once posted that the only way to really reform Afghanistan was to colonize it with westerners. I was ridiculed for sounding foolish and unrealistic, which I admit I did, but I was frustrated and just knew that unless something drastic was done we’d be back to square one, and we are.
somehistory says
Except for the huge cost. Getting all the way around to square one, sure cost a lot.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, jewdog and somehistory.
angelo barbato says
Taliban and barbarism go hand in hand. It’s practice when the time comes to do same to real people, especcially women.
Shalom says
That scarf on one of the mannequins looks quite bloody. What an unfortunate design!
gravenimage says
Tht might be a feature–hide the signs of spousal abuse…
Shalom says
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Anna A says
I agree that the Taliban’s behavior is both primitive and WRONG.
I would have thought that the men would have been more attracted to the bodies of the manikins, Since they never get to see them.
Infidel says
The images of the actual mannequins in question show that they’re already headless, as a lot of mannequins are. Since the point is to showcase the clothes, rather than the face of a mannequin
https://i2.wp.com/www.opindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Untitled-design-2-1.jpg
Then there is also the small fact that the limbs are usually detachable, since stores don’t wanna damage merchandise by struggling w/ real statues