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And that’s basically it!
I totally trust a site called Townflex, whose four site categories are Entertainment, News, Net Worth, and Lyrics. Seriously. Lyrics.
Oh but wait, they got the information from Bild, that ultra objective totally reliable German tabloid, so that means definitely happened.
Jewish folk have refused to sit near a woman on flights in the past as well, though I didn't think attacking crew members was involved
This was the one I was thinking of but apparently it's not uncommon
I wish I knew how to get billions of people to care about anything that actually matters as much as they care about the made-up rules of their imaginary friend club.
Should have asked him to step outside until he calms down.
You can't just say Sharia law and expect a new seat assignment.
I didn't say it, I invoked it.
I'll try to invoke shakira law next time to try to get an upgrade to business class
Any hips caught lying will be put to death
Doesn’t Shakira use a private jet?
I DEMAND to sit next to Shakira!
I INVOKE my right to sit next to Shakira!
WAKA WAKA the plane has been diverted to Africa.
Fuck misogynistic twerps and assholes who give flight attendants and other kinds of service workers a hard time, but this story would not be getting signal boosted by rags like the Daily Mail and New York Post if it wasn't a Muslim immigrant being accused
Misogynistic religions should be cancelled for their misogyny.
Fuck them, fuck the misogynistic dress code, and fuck this asshole for assuming his backwards fucking religion applies to free and more enlightened countries like Germany. They can either adapt their religion to 21st century ideals, or earn all of the criticism they rightfully deserve.
"I prefer that men who assault flight attendents not be muslim" -news outlets owned by rich christians who believe 99% of what sharia law muslims believe
There aren't many non Muslims who would try to use Sharia law..
They use use regular laws and systemic oppression in the white, western world. There was a time in the white western world where only good looking, single women could be flight attendants. There was a time in the white, western world, that my grandmother remembers, where she wasn't allowed to have a credit card without a husband or father to co-sign.
Meanwhile, in the middle east, even good looking, single white women still have to cover up everything from head to toe in 120°F weather.
I'll pick the law set that at least acknowledges its faults and isn't 2000 years behind the times.
he refused to sit next to a woman, citing Sharia law, and later assaulted a female flight attendant who intervened.
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Authorities identified the suspect only as a Turkish national living in Germany.
That level of disrespect for the values of a democracy should get you expelled IMO.
This is an extreme level of sexist discrimination, that goes against fundamental values of a modern democracy.
This kind of people is not fit to live in a democracy.
Fining him and maybe even sending him to jail for a few months will not teach such a person anything, but will only radicalize him further against the values of democracy.
Good — now do all the religious zealots — like Christian or Jewish extremists.
“Christian extremists” always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. A real Christian extremist would be giving away everything they owned and responding to all violence with pacifism. I think Christofascism usually fits better.
I hate the "those extremists are not REAL members of my religion" rhetoric. We shouldn't forget that christianity also tells us to stone gay men to death, that slavery is good if the victims are from other nations, and that women should subject themselves to their husbands. The European slavers of the past were some of the most horrible people in history, and they were very christian too as they followed these rules to a tee. They did break the laws about respecting your fellow man, sure, but the inverse can be said of the christians who are decent people. They adhere the love thy neighbour rules, but break the rules that say that they should stone gay men. This means that the decent christians are much better people, but not necessarily more or less christian than the slavers of the past.
So if you are a christian and you feel bad by this association, I suggest that, instead of defending your relegion, you re-evaluate it.
Weird to only make that distinction for Christians, as if it's the only religion with lofty ideals. An extremist Muslim who's fervently committed to jihad would be someone who's really dedicated to self-control, charity, and protecting the vulnerable.
I think Christofascism usually fits better.
Supply Side Christofascists.
Eh, fascists are a kind of extremist. Every religion has good and bad parts and for some reason when you hear about extremists in the news it's always people who go hard on the bad parts.
IIRC, an ultra-orthodox Jewish passenger tried something similar on an El Al flight a few years ago, and made the news.
So would they deport him back to Turkey, or a different country that actually has any form of Shariah?
Meet in the middle at Konya maybe?
Officials said the man also insulted federal police officers during questioning. According to authorities, he made the remarks in Turkish without realizing that one of the interviewing officers understood the language.
I mean, even aside from that, I suspect that they're probably wearing bodycams...
I’m proud that I guessed Germany from this quote. What an idiot (for multiple reasons)
Ignoring all the other problems, a turkish man referring to sharia law is like an anarchist referring to the bible.
The fight attendant should have called "Parlay" as this guy is obviously a sky pirate pulling these shenanigans...
The fight attendant
Hah
Finally someone got that!
Eh, it’s more of a guideline than a rule.