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Iran open's World's first Muslim women's skydiving center.
From: http://www.islamonline.com/news/news...hp?newid=16548 Also: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...37999620070326 Paaviation has recently opened the world's first Muslim skydiving center for women. Due to Islamic regulations, Muslim women are not permitted to jump with male skydive instructors (they would be intimately harnessed together). This problem was overcome by using female instructors ( a female student strapped to a female instructor is perfectly acceptable under Islamic regulations) . Commercial Director of Paaviation, (WWW.PAAVIATION.COM) Dean Ghobadi said; "We can uniquely allow Muslim women to experience the thrill and exhilaration of skydiving, in accordance with Islamic regulations. This has been long overdue for Muslim women and will be an important women's sporting and recreational activity in the Middle East." They have exclusive use of a brand new Britten-Norman Islander aircraft. (This is the first western made aircraft, factory supplied to Iran since the Revolution in 1979) Please see: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...37999620070326 They will be based at Azadi airport, just 50km from Tehran, on the Tehran-Qazvin Highway. They have British and European instructors with full USPA and BPA international certification, ensuring that "our male and female students will be trained in a safe and highly professional manner." "We are very proud to have introduced this thrilling and exciting new sport in Iran. We extend a warm welcome to Muslims and non-Muslims around the world, male or female, young or old, to visit us in sunny Iran," said Ghobadi. Source: AFP |
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