The state of Kano in Nigeria has recently banned the use of mannequins by tailors, supermarkets and boutique owners across the state after the Commander-General of the Kano Hisbah Board proclaimed that the inanimate objects contradicts the teaching of Islam. As reported by the Premium Times Nigeria, the state’s head of Hisbah, Sheikh Harun Ibn-Sina announced the decision in a statement last Wednesday (30 June 2021).
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Kano, a state located in the north west of Nigeria has a majority Muslim population and is governed under strict Sharia Law. In the statement, Harun Ibn-Sina asserted,
“Hisbah prohibits the use of mannequins at shops, commercial and private residences and other public places. This violates Islamic provisions, it is also responsible for immoral thoughts among some members of the public, all these are against Islam,”
The Hisbah head of Kano, Sheikh Harun Ibn-Sina.
Furthermore, the state Hisbah leader also stressed that they would be embarking on an enlightenment campaign on how Islam frowns on the use of mannequins as it could be linked to idolatry, which is prohibited in Islam.
However, the statement clarified that the ban does not affect headless mannequins. The state administration has since partitioned Kano into five segments for the monitoring and implementation of the ban. Meanwhile, PulseNG reported that Kano is also expected to run a ‘sensitisation’ campaign as well as conduct impromptu raids and that any individual found contravening the ban will be prosecuted.
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