Muslim Woman Has Dutch Man Removed From His Seat Next to Her on KLM Flight
H/T – TNR
TURKEY: MAN SITTING NEXT TO WOMAN CAUSES CRISIS FOR KLM
(ANSAmed) – ANKARA, MAY 28 – A crisis broke out when a Dutch man seated next to a headscarf-wearing Turkish woman on an airplane was removed from his seat, Turkish news channel NTV reported yesterday.
The crisis occurred aboard a Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) plane flying from the Dutch capital Amsterdam to Istanbul.
After takeoff, the woman asked that the man seated next to her be moved to another seat, arguing that it would be a sin under Islam for her to be sitting next to a man who is not her relative. As a result, the man, Lex van Drooge, who is a member of the Amsterdam Municipal Council for the Dutch governing party, the Christian Democratic Appeal, or CDA, was removed from the seat.
[So much for all those Liberals who claim such instances are only "cultural" and not religious...]
Upon landing, van Drooge complained about the situation. In a statement to the press, van Drooge said the airline did not seem to know how to deal with this kind of situation.
The headline about the incident in the Dutch press read, “KLM submitted to Islam.” The airline company has started an investigation into the behavior of the cabin crew and issued a statement about the incident. The statement said such a practice is unacceptable, adding that the reason the male passenger was removed from his seat instead of the female passenger remains unclear. (ANSAmed).
28 May, 2008 at 4:25 pm
She should have been branded as a cheap slut throughout the muslim community for being in a public place without a male escort. This cheap tramp should be a great candidate for an honor killing.
What she really wanted was a refusal by both him and the airline and to force a bigger confrontation. The correct response should have been to de-plane her and let her buy another ticket on another flight to allow her time to contact a male relative to fly with her.
Notice how “extreme” those comments are coming from a westerner although we see them from muslims almost on a daily basis.
28 May, 2008 at 7:15 pm
One way the airline could have dealt with it is to tell the pretentious piece of crap that SHE needed to either deal with it or charter a private plane.
28 May, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Now mklasing you are going to get a fatwa for speaking like that. She was right, he was wrong. She was the victim, yad, yada, yada.
allah hic ackinberries.
28 May, 2008 at 7:29 pm
You can just imagine what she looked like, the typical middle eastern tub of lard, three pick-handles wide across the caboose with a nose you’d wouldn’t mind if it was full of rubies.
In short, the least likely to attract inappropriate behaviour from an unrelated, self-respecting male passenger with a scintila of taste.
28 May, 2008 at 7:38 pm
And in such an embarrassing situation a truly religious and modest Muslim woman would have gone to the toilet and locked herself in for the entire flight….
28 May, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Who wants to sit next to a mozzie, let alone have one on a plane anyway, given
their tendency to attack with boxcutters & explode. But to decline to sit next to
one would be beaten up as “islamophobia”, & CAIR would sue.
29 May, 2008 at 6:53 am
* it would be a sin under Islam for her to be sitting next to a man who is not her relative
OK, so no muslim women to sit next to unrelated men on public transport or other
public places – waiting rooms, schoolrooms, etc – “because it would be a sin”.
Be careful what you wish for, muslima – there are plenty of men who would prefer
that you did not commit this “sin” and keep your distance from us. Walk, don’t
bus, train or fly, and cross the road to avoid us. Now howl about profiling and
victimisation!
30 May, 2008 at 12:05 pm
That’s when you need to pull out your squirt gun full of pig urine and . . .
30 May, 2008 at 12:20 pm
LOL