Plane passenger invoked Sharia law to avoid sitting next to a woman —then attacked female flight attendant: cops

A plane passenger allegedly invoked Islam’s strict Sharia law to avoid sitting next to a woman – then assaulted a female flight attendant who tried to smooth it out, according to reports. 

The passenger – only identified as a 29-year-old Turkish migrant living in Germany – was arrested when his June 1 flight landed in Dusseldorf, Bild reported Thursday. 

“According to initial witness statements, the man invoked Sharia law and refused to sit next to a woman,” a police spokesperson told Bild, referring to Islam’s strict codes.

A passenger allegedly invoked Sharia law to avoid sitting next to a woman on a plane. hbw_images – stock.adobe.com

When a female flight attendant tried to speak to him about it, the irate passenger punched or slapped her in the face, the report said.

Once arrested, the unidentified passenger confessed to the assault, according to cops.

But he only did so after first spitting insults at the federal cops interviewing them — not realizing one of them also spoke Turkish, according to officials.

He was charged with insulting the officers, along with assaulting the attendant

The passenger invoked Islam’s moral code to justify not wanting to sit next to a woman, even though it has no standing in Germany.

The Dusseldorf Airport terminal. Luca – stock.adobe.com

The initial report said the flight was Turkish Airlines, but a rep insisted Friday that “the incident in question did not occur on a Turkish Airlines flight and is unrelated to Turkish Airlines.”