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Related: About this forumMalaysia’s First ‘Islam Compliant’ Airline, Rayani Air, Takes To The Skies
http://www.ibtimes.com/malaysias-first-islam-compliant-airline-rayani-air-takes-skies-starting-muslim-prayer-2238883Muslim prayers are recited before flights, there is no alcohol or pork served on board and the Muslim women flight attendants adhere to a modest dress code.
Ironically, the founders of the airline are not Muslim: Ravi Alagendrran and wife Karthiyani Govindan, a Hindu Indian couple, launched the service after many conservative Muslims in Malaysia said the two Malaysia Airlines recent disasters were punishments from God for not adhering to Islamic values. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing in March 2014, while Flight 17 was downed in an apparent attack over Ukraine a few months later. Alagendrran and Karthiyani melded parts of their first names to create Rayani.
Fundie birds of a feather. Old Pat Robertson blames hurricanes on America rejecting his religion, Islamists blame plane crashes on folks rejecting theirs.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)In fact I think it is positive and it's a private company.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)First question: whose version of Christianity?
Of course Rayani Air also has to answer that question for Islam. The items they have chosen to enforce might not be enough for many Muslims.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)They can handle giving out alcohol and pork. In the United States, Muslims are refusing to handle alcohol as flight attendants. You won't see a Catholic doing that. The Muslim religion is stricter them the Christian faith.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)And they've passed laws preventing others from obtaining alcohol.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)earthside
(6,960 posts)In the same way that we have some bakeries in the U.S. who think that they can discriminated because then want to be 'Christian compliant'.
If you have a company and it is open to the public, then any kind of discrimination is bad.
Of course, I think we should move in the direction of France and have a completely secular society.
I think this kind of thing leads to a slippery slope. People get put into the position of trying to figure out what won't offend ANYONE. Or trying to decide whose beliefs are worthy of deferring to, and whose aren't. Do we only respect "legitimate" religions? Who gets to define what makes a religion legitimate?
Better to just learn to live with each other - follow your faith if you want, but don't impose it on others. If you think alcohol is bad, then don't drink. But let other people enjoy it responsibly.