{"id":1337,"date":"2015-01-02T22:11:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T22:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2015-01-02T22:11:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T22:11:53","slug":"saudia-to-segregate-airplane-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/01\/02\/saudia-to-segregate-airplane-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudia to Segregate Airplane Seats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Somehow it&#8217;s comforting to know that both Saudia Arabians and ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are stuck in the same time warp.<\/p>\n<p>Saudia is poised to begin seating that does not allow men to sit next to unrelated women. The haredim have the same objections.<\/p>\n<p>Methinks people whose social mores are stuck in the past should stay off airplanes in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somehow it&#8217;s comforting to know that both Saudia Arabians and ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are stuck in the same time warp. Saudia is poised to begin seating that does not allow men to sit next to unrelated women. The haredim have the same objections. Methinks people whose social mores are stuck in the past should stay&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-role-of-women","tag-saudi-arabia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saudia to Segregate Airplane Seats - Islam In America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2015\/01\/02\/saudia-to-segregate-airplane-seats\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saudia to Segregate Airplane Seats - Islam In America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Somehow it&#8217;s comforting to know that both Saudia Arabians and ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are stuck in the same time warp. 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