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'Unclean' guide dog banned by Muslim cab driver
Daily Mail ^
| 10/6/06
| Daily Mail
Posted on 10/08/2006 9:49:15 PM PDT by World_Events
A Muslim minicab driver refused to take a blind passenger because her guide dog was "unclean".
Abdul Rasheed Majekodumni told Jane Vernon she could not get into his car with the dog because of his religion.
Islamic tradition warns Muslims against contact with dogs because they are seen as impure.
The case emerged as Jack Straw was embroiled in a controversy over Muslim women wearing veils and the row continued after a Muslim police officer was excused guard duty at the Israeli embassy. Today Mrs Vernon, 39, from Hammersmith, said: "This experience was very upsetting.
"I was tired and cold and just wanted to get home but this driver made me feel like I was a second-class citizen, like I didn't count at all."
Mrs Vernon, who works as a legal officer for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, added: "The owner of the minicab firm, Niven Sinclair, was also very insensitive, telling me that what had happened to me wasn't really very important, and I should have more respect for other people's culture. They have shown very little respect for my rights as a disabled person and have never once offered me an apology."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: crushislam; dhimmi; disabilities; discrimination; eurabia; handicapped; islam; islamicseparatists; islamicsupremacists; kufir; muslims; pc; pda; politicalcorrectness; politicallycorrect; rageagainstthekufir; ramadan2006; religionofpeace; religionoftolerance; seeingeyedog; sharialaw; trop
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator
To: sageb1
Big wup! He should be fired.
I suggest he be bathed in Eau'de B*tch-in-heat and then locked in a kennel with a bunch of Rotties.
Let him find out if one will admit to being mohammed's daddy.
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posted on
10/08/2006 11:03:40 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: World_Events
There is something really wrong with a religion that hates dogs. Of course they hate most everything else too, so I guess they are at least consistent.
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posted on
10/08/2006 11:06:56 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
Comment #24 Removed by Moderator
To: John Williams
Well that takes all the fun out of it. (for the Rotties and spectators anyway...)
Gosh!
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posted on
10/08/2006 11:14:53 PM PDT
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: msnimje
I guess a pet pot bellied pig is out of the question.Guess I won't worry about any Muslims visiting my ranch!
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posted on
10/08/2006 11:17:48 PM PDT
by
technomage
(NEVER underestimate the depths to which liberals will stoop for power.)
To: World_Events
Don't we have the ADA for this kind of thing?
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posted on
10/08/2006 11:51:51 PM PDT
by
MarMema
To: edpc
"The SPCA kennels are exponentially cleaner than the cells of Abu Ghraib and Gitmo."
That is so untrue. Now if you were to say any mooslim home in the middle east I would agree. My dog is far cleaner than most mooslims I have met.
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posted on
10/09/2006 12:09:51 AM PDT
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: Bazooka
he way to handle cases like this would be a boycott. After the cartoon crisis in Denmark (you remember that, don't you?), a lot of people ordering taxi services over the phone, mentioned that they are taking their dog along. Even though they don't really own a dog, they mean to make this point: "Don't send me one of your muslim drivers, and if you do, I'll call an other taxi company." That is very cool - a creative and effective protest method. We need more thinking like that.
To: World_Events
What other than killing innocent people isn't against their religion?
To: World_Events
I heard it was the other way around. The driver smelled so bad that the dog knew the driver was unclean and refused to get into the cab.
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posted on
10/09/2006 3:09:12 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: MPJackal
Of course, I meant unclean by the occupant....not the actual physical conditions.
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posted on
10/09/2006 3:43:48 AM PDT
by
edpc
(Violence is ALWAYS a solution. Maybe not the right one....but a solution nonetheless)
To: World_Events
If this was to happen in the USA, because of the ADA law, that cabbie would be in violation of that woman's civil rights.
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posted on
10/09/2006 3:53:46 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
(A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
To: World_Events
From the article:
The driver's refusal resulted in a court case because the law requires all licensed cab drivers to carry guide dogs.[He was fond guilty, fined and levied damages.]After the case Mr Majekodunmi remained defiant and insisted that he would continue refusing passengers accompanied by guide dogs.This seems simple to me: Pull his license. He's stated he intends to break the law, the license is not a right, Q.E.D. What's the problem here?
And, yes, if he doesn't approve of the way the system that gives him an opportunity to be employed work, he is free to go.
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posted on
10/09/2006 4:00:31 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(Now we are all Massoud)
To: Mad Dawg
I am curious what blind Muslims do. Since dog is not allowed. Maybe some breed of cat?
To: World_Events
I'd love to see what happened if this sort of thing were to happen in the US... First off, you'd have ADA lawyers lined up around the block to sue the cab company. And of course, the ACLU would be suing, but frankly, I have no idea who they'd sue. My guess is that the ACLU would represent both sides, the blind person, whos civil rights had been violated, and the driver, whos religious rights - the ACLU only protects non-Christian religious rights - had been violated, and somehow figure out how to get the government to pay their legal fees.
Mark
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posted on
10/09/2006 4:18:04 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
To: World_Events
I guess that a "rag-head" who goes to the toilet and "pinches it off" and then uses his left hand to clean up the mess is considered CLEAN????????????
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posted on
10/09/2006 4:23:33 AM PDT
by
DH
(The government writes no bill that does not line the pockets of special interests.)
To: festus
Actually, this could work out...
The left has long demanded 'rights' for all kinds of people, so now let them dance around these rights violations.
From alcohol in someone's luggage, to refusing to take a drunk patron home (provide a ride scenario), to refusing to deal with a handicap person...
Our culture, respect for OUR culture demands respect for all persons regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation or creed!
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posted on
10/09/2006 4:31:10 AM PDT
by
EBH
(All great truths begin as blasphemies. GB Shaw)
To: World_Events
This cab driver needs the flaming bag of dog crap on his front porch gag. Probably put it out with his left hand.
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posted on
10/09/2006 4:34:32 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(A mans true character is revealed in what he does when no one is watching.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
guide marmots? guide chickens?
Sheep?
"Hi, this is Rosie, my seeing eye goat."
Sudanese muslims use guide cattle, I'm sure of it. It's the whole African 'cattle are wealth' deal ....
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posted on
10/09/2006 4:37:30 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(Now we are all Massoud)
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