• Malaysia launches its first shariah-compliant airline
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[url]http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2015/12/21/malaysia-launches-its-first-shariah-airline/?intcmp=hpff[/url] [QUOTE]Malaysia launched the maiden voyage of its first shariah -compliant airline Sunday. Rayani Air took off from the capital Kuala Lumpur to the resort island of Langkawi. “We are the first Malaysian airline to be shariah-compliant based on guidelines by relevant authorities," the company's managing director Jaafar Zamhari told Malaysia’s Star newspaper. We are proud of this.”[/QUOTE]
Shariah compliant might be its attraction/gimmick for a Mulim-majority country, but its nice to see new business sprouting in the eve of global depression. It's brave of them, and pretty inspiring. Its makes small people like me think; "Hey, I should do my best too this year"
[QUOTE=hakimhakim;49367885]Shariah compliant might be its attraction/gimmick for a Mulim-majority country, but its nice to see new business sprouting in the eve of global depression. It's brave of them, and pretty inspiring. Its makes small people like me think; "Hey, I should do my best too this year"[/QUOTE] Shariah law enables some pretty inhumane shit. Why are you for this?
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;49367889]Shariah law enables some pretty inhumane shit. Why are you for this?[/QUOTE] Did you read the article? All they really do is say a prayer at takeoff, wear headscarves and serve halal meat, what's inhumane about that?
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;49367889]Shariah law enables some pretty inhumane shit. Why are you for this?[/QUOTE] Do you think the airline is trying women for adultery mid-flight?
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;49367889]Shariah law enables some pretty inhumane shit. Why are you for this?[/QUOTE] In case you're not informed, the shariah law that they can enforce on the plane had to be in accordance to the country pre-existing law. And by shariah law, what they wanted to implement is just the decency. For example, decency in clothing for the staff, no alcohol served on board, and maybe a little prayer to god before voyages. What did you expect them to do? Crashing the plane onto Malaysia twin tower?
Finally, a new challenge for Mile High Club members. Though seriously a Shariah compliant airline is pretty terrible in that while it may be harmless, legitimizing Shariah laws is still a noteworthy problem.
I guess it's inhumane if you can't go a hours without a drink since they don't serve alcohol
[QUOTE=Tudd;49367947]Finally, a new challenge for Mile High Club members. Though seriously a Shariah compliant airline is pretty terrible in that while it may be harmless, legitimizing Shariah laws is still a noteworthy problem.[/QUOTE] Depends on whose interpretation of shariah law they implement.
[QUOTE=hakimhakim;49367959]Depends on whose interpretation of shariah law they implement.[/QUOTE] I've seen it enacted in pretty shitty ways. I.E. Saudi
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;49367968]I've seen it enacted in pretty shitty ways. I.E. Saudi[/QUOTE] Shitty implementations occurs in all kinds of laws. I wouldn't even try to get started on the examples. And by the word 'law' that they wrote in the article, it's not the 'law' per se as in what is upholded in a country. Its more like 'principles'.
I'd admit I'm concerned that they went as far as claiming to be sharia compliant, even if they still respect the laws of the countries their planes travel between. Should've just stopped at halal and maybe also slapped in some kosher if it wasn't for the tense relationship regarding Israel and its neighbors.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49367928]Do you think the airline is trying women for adultery mid-flight?[/QUOTE] What else would they do for In-flight entertainment?
[QUOTE=Van-man;49368021]I'd admit I'm concerned that they went as far as claiming to be sharia compliant, even if they still respect the laws of the countries their planes travel between. Should've just stopped at halal and maybe also slapped in some kosher if it wasn't for the tense relationship regarding Israel and its neighbors.[/QUOTE] It's good for attracting potential customers in the country. 40-50% are Muslim. The other flight companies are mostly are normal companies. It's a good way to distinguish themselves. I don't know if they will even fly to Israel. As far as I know Malaysia did not officially recognize Israel as a legit country. So they will at most just land in neighbouring countries, which are mostly Muslim.
[QUOTE=hakimhakim;49367959]Depends on whose interpretation of shariah law they implement.[/QUOTE] Progressive-backwards shariah law is a oxymoron.
[QUOTE=agentfazexx;49367889]Shariah law enables some pretty inhumane shit. Why are you for this?[/QUOTE] They're business, it's up to them what kind of stupid shit they implement. As said, it's not like they're going to stone someone to death on board, so uh... no immediate problem there.
This just sounds the same as Etihad airlines. You get a halal meal, they say a prayer and the Muslim attendants wear headscarves.
The Muslim culture is slowly but surely taking over. Everyone is starting to bend to their will.
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;49368387]The Muslim culture is slowly but surely taking over. Everyone is starting to bend to their will.[/QUOTE] Malaysia is a predominantly Muslim country you simpleton.
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;49368387]The Muslim culture is slowly but surely taking over. Everyone is starting to bend to their will.[/QUOTE] People actually think this?
[QUOTE=hakimhakim;49367929]In case you're not informed, the shariah law that they can enforce on the plane had to be in accordance to the country pre-existing law. And by shariah law, what they wanted to implement is just the decency. For example, decency in clothing for the staff, no alcohol served on board, and maybe a little prayer to god before voyages. What did you expect them to do? Crashing the plane onto Malaysia twin tower?[/QUOTE] According to the comments in the Fox News source, yes
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;49368387]The Muslim culture is slowly but surely taking over. Everyone is starting to bend to their will.[/QUOTE] I pity the fool who actually thinks this. What a shallow and frightening world you must live in.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49367928]Do you think the airline is trying women for adultery mid-flight?[/QUOTE] Replace the gas masks with a bag of rocks for emergency stonings [QUOTE=Tmaxx;49368387]The Muslim culture is slowly but surely taking over. Everyone is starting to bend to their will.[/QUOTE] I live in a city with a lot of muslims and I don't feel oppressed. Maybe it's because they're not being oppressive.
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;49368387]The Muslim culture is slowly but surely taking over. Everyone is starting to bend to their will.[/QUOTE] The Malaysian constitution says it guarantees freedom of religion while making Islam the state religion.[224] According to the Population and Housing Census 2010 figures, ethnicity and religious beliefs correlate highly. Approximately 61.3% of the population practice Islam, 19.8% practice Buddhism, 9.2% Christianity, 6.3% Hinduism and 1.3% practice Confucianism, Taoism and other traditional Chinese religions. 0.7% declared no religion and the remaining 1.4% practised other religions or did not provide any information.[12] Sunni Islam of Shafi'i school of jurisprudence is the dominant branch of Islam in Malaysia.[225][226] [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia#Religion[/url] There's no problem with this at all. It's about as big of a shock as Saudia (Saudi Arabian Airlines) serving Halal food.
Some of the comments here remind me of that time a French line of fast food restaurants started serving halal food and a bunch of dumb fucks started raiding the restaurants and protesting for the removal of halal food. Some of them thought the food would become poisonous to non-muslims (not even kidding) or that bacon would be removed entirely.
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;49368387]The Muslim culture is slowly but surely taking over. Everyone is starting to bend to their will.[/QUOTE] Help, Muslim culture is taking over Muslim culture
I keep on forgetting that some SEA countires are Muslim.
If an American airline did this exact sort of thing with Christianity (prayer before takeoff, stewards dress modestly, advertised as 'Christian-friendly' or something), I think most people in this thread would find this silly, yet because it's Islam all of a sudden it's a sign of the threat to the modern world as we know it?
Knowing Malaysian aviation, these planes will disappear in a jiffy.
The sharia law scare is a joke. There is one small section of sharia law that says "stone adulterers to death," but that [i]cannot be applied if it contradicts the law of the land[/i]. Try stoning someone to death in Malaysia and you'll get charged with assault and murder, most likely. Criminal actions (and a huge majority of civil actions) need to go through the court system, which doesn't follow sharia law. Not to mention the absolute fear of sharia is completely unfounded - [i]it strictly applies only to Muslims[/i] with a few taxation bits for other Abrahamic religions. The idiots that think Sharia law will be applied to everyone are fear-mongering lunatics. It's behavioral doctrine and moral principles codified into a law, and it's incredibly easy to not enforce the Hudud or the extreme punishments and still follow sharia law. Sharia law is 95% "pray facing this way this many times a day, dress well, be hygienic in these ways, be pure this way." It's no different than the custom of washing your hands after using the bathroom. That's most of what it dictates - not slaughtering people who don't believe in Islam.
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