Remember the Golden Rule:
Anecdotes and incidents from the Noble Seerah can NOT be used as a RULING/RULE or a FATWA in Deen. A RULING/RULE or a FATWA have to be in conformity to the Mazhab one follows.
The true colours of Mr Menk are that of photography, TV, You-Tube, endorsing atheist-made protocols, watering down Islaam, tampering with the Sunnah, conversing openly with non-Mahaarim ladies and pilots in planes, and that of even mocking our Rasool (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam)!