UAE Authorities Rule Mannequins Should be Beheaded to Conform With Islamic Law....
This is sharia.....
(ANSAmed) - DUBAI, FEBRUARY 21 - Mannequins should be beheaded: this is the directive issued by the authorities of Sharjah to all the clothing shops in the emirate. "The mannequins should be headless and the clothing in the window should respect the rules of decency, according to the religious principles," stated a circular of Sharjah, one of the seven emirates which form the United Arab Emirates. The measure, according to Khalid Al Jaberi, head of market control at Sharjah Municipality, answers to a series of complaints advanced by the residents of the emirate annoyed by the increasing number of mannequins wearing scanty clothes or only underclothes.
The plastic models, according to the local authorities, depict very faithfully the reality, including facial description, offending some values of Islam. Sharjah, which borders with liberal Dubai, maintains much more conservative style of living than the bigger emirate. Single men are not allowed to live in buildings where families are living and the consumption or possession of alcohol is liable to imprisonment.
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The Archbishop agrees
Posted by: Elric66 | February 22, 2008 at 08:25 AM
What's the deal with islam and head-chopping? Guess it could be worse if they wanted to lop-off everyone's dick. (I'd rather lose my skull than mr. happy)
Friggin' pathological fanatics.
Posted by: Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg | February 22, 2008 at 08:59 AM
Well it's about time.
Not only are they scantily clad but the have the audacity to wear BLACK underwear when they should be fully aware that WHITE is the only Islamically acceptable color to wear.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017819.php
So, in addition to the beheading, they deserve a few good whip lashes.
That'll teach those naughty mannequins.
Posted by: USorThem | February 22, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Usorthem,
And lets not hope the female mannequins dont mingle with male mannequins that arent realitives.
Posted by: Elric66 | February 22, 2008 at 09:23 AM
A Fatwa against mannequins!
I am completely amazed at how weird and barbaric they are.
Next: Warner Brothers cartoons are forbidden, because the animals in them don't wear pants!
Posted by: Last Angry Man | February 22, 2008 at 11:51 AM