New 'Islamic doll' launched in Britain has no facial features....So do the Amish dolls.

New 'Islamic doll' launched in Britain has no facial features....So do the Amish dolls.

A new ‘Islamic doll’ with no facial features has been launched in Britain.(Asian)

The ‘Deeni Doll’ has no eyes, nose or mouth whatsoever in a bid to comply with Islamic rules governing the depiction of faces.

The doll was manufactured in China and designed in the UK by Ridhwana B. She told us: “I came up with the idea from scratch after speaking to some parents who were a little concerned about dolls with facial features.

“Some parents won’t leave the doll with their children at night because you are not allowed to have any eyes in the room.

“There is an Islamic ruling which forbids the depiction of facial features of any kind and that includes pictures, sculptures and, in this case, dolls.

“I spoke to a religious scholar in Leicester who guided me through what was and what was not permissible when producing the product.

“The Deeni Doll has no face on it whatsoever and is Shariah compliant.” Hmmm.....The Amish and Mennonites 'Sharia' Compliant?  Read the full story here.


There are several accounts of the origins of faceless dolls used by Amish children. One account says that a young Amish girl was given a rag doll with a face for Christmas. Her father became upset and cut the head off the doll. He reportedly said "Only God can make people."He then replaced the head with a stuffed stocking that did not have a face.

 The little girl played happily with the doll for many years.[2] Some Amish children have wrapped blankets around small logs and pretended they were dolls.[3] A sociological study from 2007 says that the dolls are left faceless because "all are alike in the eyes of God", and that the lack of facial features agrees with the Bible's commandment against graven images.[4]

Most Amish doll makers were anonymous. An exception was Lizzie Lapp (1860–1932) of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who sold her dolls under her own name.[3] Similar dolls were made by members of Mennonite churches, a related religious group. [5]