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http://www.nysun.com/article/46220
New in America: Not Muslim, No Taxi
By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM
January 8, 2007
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New in America: Not Muslim, No Taxi
By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM
January 8, 2007
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New in America: Not Muslim, No Taxi
By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM
January 8, 2007
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http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/21775.html
by Paul R. Hollrah
"America: More Than Just a Country"
January 07, 2007 01:00 PM EST

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http://www.airportbusiness.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=4&id=9535

Updated: January 5th, 2007 01:03 PM PDT
Home > Airport News
"Twin Cities Airport Considers Rule that Could Sideline Some Muslim Cabbies"

The Associated Press

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Last year, the airports commission received a fatwa, or religious edict, from the Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society saying "Islamic jurisprudence" prohibits taxi drivers from carrying passengers with alcohol, "because it involves cooperating in sin according to Islam."

In the Quran, Muslims are barred from consuming intoxicants - generally understood as alcohol, though the prohibition also extends to narcotics. Devout Muslims interpret the ban to include carrying, buying or selling alcohol. Additionally, dogs are considered unclean and Muslims are required to repeat their ablutions if come into contact with them before praying.

Given the religious concerns, Hassan Mohamud, an imam and director of the Islamic Law Institute at the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, said he would ask airport officials to reconsider."