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#WHYS: Does Sharia law work for you? / Should fat fliers pay more?

We discuss the Saudi man sentenced to be paralysed and plans by a Samoan airline to charge fliers by weight.

A Saudi man has been sentenced to be paralysed from the waist down after he paralysed another man. With forty per cent of young Pakistanis say they would prefer to live under Islamic law, we ask whether you think Islamic law is better? And, Samoa Air has decided to charge passengers by their weight. Is this the future of air travel?

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Wed 3 Apr 2013 17:05GMT

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  • Wed 3 Apr 2013 17:05GMT

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