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Saudi Arabia's national airline to introduce gender segregation after a string of complaints
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 2, 2015 | Emily Payne

Posted on 01/02/2015 8:56:51 AM PST by C19fan

Saudi Arabia's national airline is allegedly planning to separate male and female passengers on its flights, in accordance to strict rules enforced by the Gulf kingdom. Gulf media report that Saudia will keep men and women segregated onboard, unless they are close relatives. The move follows a spate of complaints from male fliers unwilling to allow other males to sit next to their wives and other female family members.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aviation; gender; muslimwomen; muslimworld; rop; saudi; saudia; segregation; travel
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Remind me if I ever need to fly to the Middle East to take Emirates instead. :) What is funny is if the Saudis were not so antisemitic they could use this to get business from the Ultra-Orthodox community. Recently another Israel bound plane from New York was delayed because Hasidic men refused to sit next to women.
1 posted on 01/02/2015 8:56:51 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

So much for hip shoulder hip shoulder seating efficiency.


2 posted on 01/02/2015 8:59:18 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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It’s the Daily Mail so a grain or three of salt is needed. However, if true it’s another reason to not fly an airline I’d never fly anyway.


3 posted on 01/02/2015 9:03:15 AM PST by jalisco555 ("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Born to Conserve

Inbreeding has consequences.


4 posted on 01/02/2015 9:04:38 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: C19fan

Islam: The Religion of Self control ... /sarc


5 posted on 01/02/2015 9:11:09 AM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: C19fan

What happens if you are “questioning” your sexuality?


6 posted on 01/02/2015 9:22:18 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: jalisco555

How many other news sources would you like?

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=saudi+arabia+airline&tbm=nws


7 posted on 01/02/2015 9:22:47 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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WELL!!! I hope the Amerikan Women’s FemiNazi Party gets over there right now and files several law suits in the Saudi courts over this abuse of women’s rights!!! Oh, wait, I forgot. In Izzlum, women got no rights. Never mind. Move along. Nothing here to see. Hillary is out for her burka fitting.


8 posted on 01/02/2015 9:24:28 AM PST by RetiredArmy (MARANATHA, MARANATHA, Come quickly LORD Jesus!!! Father send thy Son!! Its Time!)
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What happens if you are “questioning” your sexuality?

They put you on a plane and crash it into a skyscraper.

9 posted on 01/02/2015 9:24:49 AM PST by null and void (The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
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To: Cowboy Bob

10 posted on 01/02/2015 9:26:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: C19fan

Pigs are moving in the direction of even MORE Sharia.

This Country should be walled off from the rest of the world. When they do their Rock around the Rock ritual, anyone who goes there, stays there.


11 posted on 01/02/2015 9:28:23 AM PST by ZULU (Quo usque tandem abutere Obama patientia nostra?)
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Since I will never set foot in a garbage pit like Saudi, I’m not too worried about what happens on their airlines.


12 posted on 01/02/2015 9:30:45 AM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents and supporters are Traitors.)
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Telling example of self-righteous Islamo psychosis.
I experienced this firsthand on a JFK to Dubai flight 7 years ago.
As our plane was filling with passengers, one of Mohammed’s cultists spun around from his seat, got up and told the Hindu woman seated next to me, that she should exchange seats with him, “because it would be best that a woman not sit next to a man”.
We were both caught by surprise, as this Paki Rochester NY man hovered over us with an intense glare at her.
She acquiesced and he took the seat she had next to me.
I was So tempted to press the issue to make a scene if necessary.
However, it was her choice to yield to his demand, likely due to Mohammed’s follower’s long history of intimidation, and violent aggression toward Hindus, being how Islamists are the religion of peace.
Islam is such an insane hypocrisy.
This Dubai based airline had gorgeous women flight attendants, mostly blue-eyed blondes.
However, the stewardesses had to wear this silly partial headscarf in order to appease Muslim requirements.
Also, each seat back TV screen provided a picture of the Mecca big black Borg cube along with a compass heading, so as to allow pious islamo-bots the opportunity to demonstrate to one another their religious obedience via periodic prayer bowing gestures toward their holy stone cube.
What a curse Islam is to civilized mankind.
Just after we prevented brutal marxism from subjugating the world, via much sacrifice (servicemen and treasure) we have f’in Islam filling the tyranny vaccum across the planet.
No doubt satan is laughing with delight...


13 posted on 01/02/2015 9:34:10 AM PST by MarchonDC09122009 (When is our next march on DC? When have we had enough?)
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It seems to me that, for a premium, people who have peculiar seating preferences could be accommodated on airlines that book by seat.

As for commuter trains in Tokyo … maybe not.


14 posted on 01/02/2015 9:35:37 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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However, the stewardesses had to wear this silly partial headscarf in order to appease Muslim requirements.

If you are talking about the Emirates stewardesses I always thought that was more a fashion statement than some commitment on the part of Emirates to Islamic cultural requirements.

15 posted on 01/02/2015 9:38:44 AM PST by C19fan
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They’re going so the women can shop and the men can go to strips clubs,drink whiskey and gamble!


16 posted on 01/02/2015 9:43:07 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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Question: Do the Saudis have a section for those of the LBGT persuasion? How about the sexually confused — they don’t know if they’re males in female bodies or females in male bodies?


17 posted on 01/02/2015 10:04:58 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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Do the Saudis have a section for those of the LBGT persuasion?

Yes. But that section is not located on the planes.

A Saudi Arabian man has been sentenced to three years in jail and 450 lashes after he was caught using Twitter to arrange dates with other men.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gay-saudi-arabian-man-sentenced-to-three-years-and-450-lashes-for-meeting-men-via-twitter-9628204.html

18 posted on 01/02/2015 10:10:37 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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yes but look at all that Islam has given the world in saaay the last 500 years or so,,,,,
Zero,
Squat,
Bumpkins,
Cept REDRUM!
MURDER!


19 posted on 01/02/2015 10:16:40 AM PST by Joe Boucher (The F.B.I. Is a division of holders Justice Dept. (Nuff said))
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To: C19fan

Saudi faggotry continues. One of the pleasures of life is sitting down on an airliner and getting to talk to a friendly chick. Of course, the gay Saudi men don’t like it.


20 posted on 01/02/2015 10:26:20 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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