Sky Harbor International Airport...to help Muslim taxi and limo drivers meet religious needs.

The Associated Press ^ | 5-20-2004

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Two faucets located two feet above the ground enable the drivers to conduct ritual cleansing, including washing of the feet, before they pray.

They are part of washroom facilities in a fenced-off parking lot on the west side of the airport where taxi drivers wait to be called forward to the terminals for fares.

[texasbluebell]

If my husband makes me fly to Phoenix again....I'm taking bags of pork rinds....and accidentally dropping them around the areas where these are....sheesh.

I like your idea so much that I'm going to buy bags of pork rinds, and start dropping one or two pieces near every moslem establishment around here (and where I am there are a number!).

I'll throw a few out the window as I drive by the mosque too. The rinds should get ground up into the sidewalks, etc., making it hard to see them and clean them up.

Nothing like a little counter-terrorism instead of this da** kowtowing to moslem prayer.

[Velveeta]

Groan and bump.

[Salvation]

Did you see this?

[Rushgrrl]

This was a message I posted on the site of the ACLU. Just thought if anyone was interested....

I thought you'd be interested in this, since you people like to jam "separation of church and state" down the throats of every American...I find it COMPLETELY offensive and I demand, as a CHRISTIAN citizen of this United States, I would expect EQUAL treatment, and not to see the religion of Islam get special treatment due to the climate of the environment these days. If there are no crosses posted in any airports, then no religion should be granted exception. The story that supports my claim follows:




link: http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=1882863
from KVOA DT-23 Tucson Channel 4

"Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix has installed a cleanup station to help Muslim taxi and limo drivers meet their religious needs.

Two faucets located two feet above the ground enable the drivers to conduct ritual cleansing, including washing of the feet, before they pray.

They are part of washroom facilities in a fenced-off parking lot on the west side of the airport where taxi drivers wait to be called forward to the terminals for fares.

"The cab drivers were asking for more washroom facilities as a group, and a majority of them wanted some place to wash before they pray," said Deborah Ostreicher, public information officer for the airport.

"Sometimes there are as many as 400 drivers waiting, and they can be there for hours at a time. This is a way we thought we could reach out as a customer service."

The facility was funded through airport user fees, she said, not taxpayer dollars.

Observant Muslims pray five times a day: at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset and evening.

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