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In reply to the discussion: Muslim Flight Attendant Refuses to Serve Alcohol- Do Republicans support her? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)The ones that have two FAs have 'two tiered' service--business and coach, and the FAs each serve their own group.
It's an unreasonable burden, and it's bullshit. The Quranic prohibition is against drinking the stuff, not handing it out. She needs a new imam--she is using this "invention" in her head as an excuse to get out of her job (that she's been working at for four years, not having any trouble with the booze before her "conversion"
with a little severance, instead of a "Nice knowing you--bye."
For example, Saudi Arabia, home of the guardians of THE Holy Places in Meccah and Medinah, invests in luxury hotels. In these hotels, outside of the Kingdom, liquor is served. LOTS of it. And they make a bundle from it. That means they are buying it in order to sell it. So long as THEY aren't drinking it, they aren't at fault. The citation is about a drop of liquor passing the lips of the devout, not 'anyone's' lips. There is no admonition to be a booze nanny.
When a country is "Islamic" then they follow Quranic law as though they assume everyone in the joint is Muslim. That's why you see restrictive laws in places like KSA and Iran, even though their perception of the default being Muslim isn't quite true. Before Iran "went Islamic" the people who sold and served booze and beer (and plenty of people who drank it, too--forgiveness being easier to obtain than permission) were Muslim. Now, there's an underground crew of booze runners in Iran--you can still get 'beverages' if you know where to look/who to ask.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/drunk-in-tehran-the-islamic-states-secret-party-scene-9217419.html