VIDEO: Taliban Beheads Mannequins In Afghanistan’s Clothing Shops

Viral video have shown the moment Taliban are beheading mannequin in a clothing shop in Afghanistan.

This is coming a few days after the Taliban ordered a series of mannequin beheadings, telling clothes shops to remove the heads of dummies that offend Islam.

The instructions, according to thetimes.co.uk – were given by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in the western Afghan province of Herat.

Aziz Rahman, the head of the local department of the ministry, described the mannequins as “statues” and claimed that they were being worshipped, which is prohibited under Islam.

Despite shopkeepers’ pleas that they needed their dummies, Rahman said he “ordered that they [the mannequins] should have their heads removed” and warned there would be severe punishment if they violated the ruling.

Meanwhile, Local businesses, criticised the Taliban’s decision. “We use the mannequins to display our clothes and it will be a disservice to us”, a shop owner told thetimes.

Watch the video below