Tee: Alcohol, exposed flesh caused MAS’ air tragedies
Ridhuan Tee beseeches Malaysians to follow the Islamic ways of Royal Brunei Airlines.
(Free Malaysia Today) – Ridhuan Tee, senior lecturer of the National Defence University has offered the main reasons behind the tragedies of MH370 and MH17 that struck MAS this year.
In his column “Buka Minda” (Open your mind) in Sinar Harian today, Tee said MH370 went missing and MH17 was shot down simply because Malaysians were reluctant to be more Islamic.
Latching on to the idea that Islamic ways should be observed on board our flights, Tee recounted his own experience while on a Royal Brunei Airlines flight recently.
He said, “The flight began with a beautiful reciting of prayers and well wishes,” that clearly made him feel like “Allah was with us.”
Asking, “Aren’t the lessons of MH17 and MH370 not enough?” Tee attributed these tragedies to the in-flight crew that did not bother to dress in a more Islamic manner and the serving of alcohol that was prohibited in Islam.
The issue of alcohol was one he spent a lot of thought on, saying tourists “were practically bathing in alcohol in their own countries.”
He also implied MAS was reluctant to ban alcohol onboard their flights for fear of losing customers. This, he found too frivolous saying, “Our alcohol is not as good as theirs”, a statement he contradicted himself immediately after when he wrote, “And besides, the alcohol we serve (on our flights) are brands from their countries.”
