Kano Hisbah Visits Tailors, Insists Mannequins are Idolatry

The Kano State Hisbah Board has met with tailors shops and boutiques over their ban on the use of mannequins across the State warning that it was idolatry.

In June 2021, the board had announced the ban on the use of mannequins to display clothes by tailors, boutiques and supermarket owners in the State.

Confirming the ban, the Commander General of the board, Harun Ibn Sina, disclosed that the use of mannequins contravened the provision of Islamic injunctions.

During the meeting with the National Association of Tailors, Kano State chapter on Thursday, Hisbah reiterated the ban warning that it would start raiding boutiques and shops to remove the idolatry items.

In a statement by the information unit of the agency, which was made available to newsmen on Friday, January 28, the board said mannequins without heads are exempted from the ban.

“The Kano State Hisbah Board, in accordance with the Act that established it in 2001 (as amended in 2003), has banned the use of any mannequin that resembles human body, male or female,” the statement read.

“However, tailors can use mannequins without heads on them, that one is allowed. This is part of the major issues we discussed with the tailors during our meeting with them.”

Sina then called on tailors in the state to ensure compliance with the directive to avoid clamping down on them, as well as to sanitise their businesses.