Taxi light will mean 'no alcohol'- Islam forbids carrying liquor, cabdrivers say

Pioneer Press ^ | 10-2-06 | JOSHUA FREED

[Rakkasan1]

Cabdriver Muhamed Mursal doesn't wear his Muslim beliefs on his sleeve, but he soon may broadcast them via a light on top of his cab.

Mursal and hundreds of other Muslim cabdrivers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport refuse to take travelers they know are carrying alcohol. No one is searching bags, but a Napa Valley wine box or a see-through bag from the duty-free store can be enough to leave a fare waiting for the next cab. Airport officials estimate that happens at least three times a day.

Now, the airport and cab drivers have worked out a proposal that calls for cabdrivers who won't carry alcohol to have a cab light that's a different color. That way, the airport workers who hook up travelers with taxis can steer alcohol-carrying fares to cabs that will take them. Airport officials hope to have the lights ready by the end of the year.

[zendari]

OK, then ban them from working at the airport. What's the problem?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Spotted a story this evening on local TV where a mooselimb cabbie took a returning soldier on a spendy cab ride, just because he was an American soldier.

Developing........

[dfwgator]

Seems to me that they need to find another line of work country.

[NucSubs]

ROTFLMAO!

Oh my! I have to remember that one! That and derivative's of it could be used in SOOO many situations.

[NucSubs]

Ya know, I could be wrong, but as PC and liberal as NYers are I still don't see this flying in NYC.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Next will be a light meaning "no jews".

Then MN-Saint Paul will just go ahead and have the jews identify themselves with a little yellow star so the muslims aren't offended.....

[DontBelieveAugPolls]

""What if you're carrying bacon""

OR if youre:

Jewish
A single woman alone
Hindu

This is Dhimmitude. Mark Kennedy should be seizing on this..

[Cogadh na Sith]

The cab is their property and they have a full right to control what occurs in their cab.

Just like a business can refuse service to blacks or make tham sit in the back of the private bus without fear of a lawsuit.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Found it....

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1110262&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

[Schnucki]

What if you're carrying bacon?

Yep, and what if you're carrying any food at all during daylight hours within their holy month(s?) of ramadan.