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| Sheik thrown off plane after failing to enforce Sharia |
| 2007-07-28 |
| A Qatar sheikh held up a British Airways flight at Milan's Linate airport for nearly three hours after discovering three of his female relatives had been seated next to men they did not know. When none of the other business class passengers agreed to swap seats, the sheikh, a member of Qatar's ruling family, went to the pilot, who had already started the engine, to complain, an airport official said. But the pilot ordered him and his traveling companions, the three women, two men, a cook and a servant, off the plane. It's a start... The London-bound flight took off nearly three hours behind schedule Thursday evening and around 50 of the 115 passengers missed connecting flights. How about a class-action lawsuit? Traditions in the conservative Gulf Arab region bar women from mixing with unrelated men |
| Posted by:Gary and the Samoyeds |
| #23 Most. Disappointingly. Misleading. Headline. Ever. |
| Posted by: The Comic Book Guy 2007-07-28 21:05 |
| #22 To even be able to talk with the pilot got my attention. Who does he think he is......oh yeah |
| Posted by: Jan 2007-07-28 18:27 |
| #21 They don't need their own plane -- they just need to buy a few extra seats and leave them empty. As for the pilot, he lost my vote after he let this go on for more than ten minutes. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2007-07-28 15:35 |
| #20 Did the prophet (bees pee upon him) ride on airplanes?? No? Then how is it halal for muslims to? |
| Posted by: spiffo 2007-07-28 14:15 |
| #19 If he's such a big sheik why didn't he buy his own airplane? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque6305 2007-07-28 13:42 |
| #18 Abdominal, yeah, but the fatwa's more fun. ;) |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2007-07-28 13:05 |
| #17 They don't sound very compatible with modern life, maybe they should ride camels to London. |
| Posted by: Lemuel Hupitle1219 2007-07-28 12:44 |
| #16 Swamp Blondie: but British Airways is in the UK and I'm sure they have class-action suits there. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2007-07-28 11:41 |
| #15 From SB's link; Then came the urine fatwa: It said that drinking the urine of the Prophet Muhammad was deemed a blessing. But Sheik, he's been dead for 1300 years, where did you get the fresh urine ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-07-28 11:40 |
| #14 "Class action lawsuit"? It could be done in the UAE. They use UK civil law. But Qatar is al-Jazeera country. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-07-28 11:34 |
| #13 He should have told his women to breastfeed the guys in the next seats. ;) |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2007-07-28 10:58 |
| #12 50 of the 115 passengers missed connecting flights As always, Muslims spread joy wherever they go. You'd think that by now this world was thoroughly "overjoyed" with Islam's constant horseshit. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-07-28 09:42 |
| #11 "only one wymyn per overhead storage bin, please" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-07-28 09:14 |
| #10 What, he couldn't afford pet carriers for his wimmen? |
| Posted by: regular joe 2007-07-28 08:00 |
| #9 Yea, that was the story I expected. ;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-07-28 06:51 |
| #8 Should have taxied, climbed to 35,000 then thrown them off. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-07-28 06:38 |
| #7 grоmgoru, yep, I expected somewhat more exciting story, too.;-) |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-07-28 03:10 |
| #6 The title is a lot more promising than the article. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-07-28 01:51 |
| #5 The pilot certainly had the correct instincts. Instead of delaying three hours, he should have climbed out them ordered them out once he got to flight level ten. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-07-28 01:10 |
| #4 maybe the cook, yeah I definately could sit next to a cook ;) |
| Posted by: Jan 2007-07-28 00:46 |
| #3 I can't believe they let it go on for three hours. I wonder what the sheik was offering to trade seats, I definately could be bought for the right price. Hmmm, I wouldn't want to have to sit next to the sheik though. lol. |
| Posted by: Jan 2007-07-28 00:45 |
| #2 Maybe they should have introduced themsleves and then everything would have been |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-28 00:22 |
| #1 What a bunch of idiots. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-07-28 00:05 |