I heard it. It was Bob McNaney from KSTP TV. MAC is trying to keep this very quiet. They know the PR will be bad. People won't want to come through MSP if they hear this. Some of the Muslin cabbies say this is not a religious belief. Those that think so are misinterpreting the Koran.
That said, he thinks it's more a case of them finding out it's a short fare and using the no alcohol as an excuse not to take it. What the starter at the airport is doing as of now is sending that cabbie to the back of the line to wait again if they refuse a fare.
They are not independent. The are under contract by the MAC and have to abide by the rules.
A lot of discussion on the program about pharmacists that refused to fill the morning after pill for religious reasons and the employer basically saying fill it or else you're gone.
Local media was, (of course), NOT on the side of those pharmacists. They had to abide by the rules of their employers. Now we shall see how sympathetic they are to the Muslim cabbies. Somehow I don't think it's going to work out the same way.
Apparantly some religions are more equal than others.
Yes, You must submit to Islam.