I'm the Halal Richard Branson’: Self-made businessman wants to launch Britain's first 'Sharia' [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | June 13, 2018 | Ed Riley

[C19fan]

A self-styled 'Halal Richard Branson' is launching Britain's first 'Sharia compliant' airline that serves no alcohol, Islamic in-flight meals and has a strict cabin crew dress code.

Entrepreneur Kazi Shafiqur Rahman, 32, hopes to see his firm Firnas Airways eventually fly long haul to the Middle East if the concept proves to be a success.

But to start with the airline, which is leasing a 19 seater Jetstream 32 plane at a cost of £8,500 a month, will fly short haul commuter routes between UK cities.

His journey towards getting his new company off the ground will feature on a Channel 4 documentary 'How to Start an Airline' tonight on Channel 4.

[C19fan]

No thanks. Emirates and the other major Middle Eastern based airlines have no problem employing gorgeous flight attendants in pretty uniforms.

[Reno89519]

Terrorist Airlines.

[Dr. Sivana]

Doesn’t this put all the troublemakers on somebody else’s plane? Go for it Richard.

[BronzePencil]

Could someone start a Christian or Jewish airline with no Muslims allowed?

[Darteaus94025]

This venture will go down in flames.

[NativeSon]

Seat comes with in-flight bomb package, for your jihad convenience

[proxy_user]

You can start a new business offering anything you think will sell. If the customers go for it, then you make money.

This guy thinks he sees an opportunity....

[miss marmelstein]

Well, let’s face it: they don’t need to be boozed up to break into assaults on flight attendants.

[a fool in paradise]

Segregated seating?

No service animals?

[wbarmy]

Sharia “strict cabin crew dress code.”?

That sentence alone is just begging for memes and gifs.

[I want the USA back]

So, what will it be called: Muzz air? Shari air? Ramadair? Allahu air? Akhbar air? Death air? Infidel air? Halal air? You-fly-you-die?

Sounds like a fun airline. Toilet on casters so it always faces away from mecca. Attendants read from the koooran at takeoff. No toilet paper - use left hand. Camel urine served in first class only.

[Rurudyne]

I would imagine El Al probably serves Kosher.

[dangus]

70 Virgins Air?

[C210N]

You are so right.

[dangus]

(REALLY bad commercial tag-line: “69 more virgins!”)

[C19fan]

Plus the plane will change course to face Mecca during the required times of prayer.

[Dr. Sivana]

Could someone start a Christian or Jewish airline with no Muslims allowed?

Branson's clever. He isn't forbidding anyone from flying on the airline. Someone could start an airline serving Chick-Fil-A, and have Focus on the Family and First Things for the magazines in the seat in front, have the stewardesses be feminine but reasonable dressed, show Hallmark movies for the in-flight, welcome large families with small children, and it will keep a lot of the wrong people away.

[Mears]

After sitting next to a drunk for 10 hours I’d welcome no alcohol flights.

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[miss marmelstein]

Yeah, I get that. Drunks anywhere are awful.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

No "emotional support dogs" on the plane?

Salaam aleikum, baby. What's the reservations number?