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Bumpy Start for Malaysia’s First Sharia-Compliant Airline

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Bumpy Start for Malaysia’s First Sharia-Compliant Airline

Delays, canceled flights and handwritten boarding passes.

Bumpy Start for Malaysia’s First Sharia-Compliant Airline
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Rayani Air

Rayani Air is Malaysia’s first sharia-compliant airline – there is no alcohol on the plane, female Muslim cabin crew have to wear the hijab while non-Muslims have to be decently dressed, and prayers are recited before the aircraft takes off.

The airline scored another first when it issued handwritten boarding passes to its passengers in March.

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