Posted on 07/18/2010 9:35:18 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Blind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to their ‘unclean’ guide dogs.
One pensioner, a cancer sufferer, told how had twice been confronted by drivers and asked to get off the bus because of his guide dog, and had also faced hostility at a hospital and in a supermarket over the animal.
The problem to carry guide dogs on religious grounds has become so widespread that the matter was raised in the House of Lords last week, prompting transport minister Norman Baker to warn that a religious objection was not a reason to eject a passenger with a well-behaved guide dog.
While drivers can use their discretion to refuse to carry non-disabled passengers with dogs, they are compelled to accept guide dogs under disability discrimination law.
Yesterday both the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and the National Federation of the Blind confirmed the problem was common, and, according to the latter organisation was ‘getting worse’.
The tension stems from a strand of Islamic teaching which warns against contact with dogs because the animal’s saliva was considered to be impure, the Muslim Council of Britain said.
It urged Muslims to show tolerance and common sense over the issue.
‘We need to be flexible on this,’ a spokesman said. ‘Muslim drivers should have no hesitation in allowing guide dogs into their bus or car.
‘If a dog does lick you, it’s not the end of the world. Just go home and wash yourself.’
George Herridge, 73, a retired hospital maintenance manager, told the Daily Mail he was ’stunned’ to be twice asked by bus drivers to leave their vehicles because of his guide dog Andy, a black Labrador.
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A religion that hates dogs is a religion from hell.
If they are that intolerant of others, then they need to go where they can embrace their religion to its fullest potential.
Islam is a religion from Hell created by a spawn of Satan.
Meanwhile, in SanFran it’s so nuts you can have an IGUANA as a service animal, and NO ONE will stop it for fear of getting sued.
The Iguana guy is a gay illegal immigrant in subsidized housing, and must keep the thermostat all the way up cuz of the Iguana.
That sounds made up, right?
It appears so. 60 yrs of PC socialism is all that it takes to destroy a civilization.
Do they have anything similar to the American with Disabilities Act in the UK?
“It appears so. 60 yrs of PC socialism is all that it takes to destroy a civilization.”
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And my family wonders why I rage like a testosterone-fueled caged bull at any evidence of political correctness on the TV...or elsewhere.
LOL! That'll tell 'em!
Has NASA been informed of this problem? They could reach out to the Muslim bus drivers and give them some comfort...
I think I’d best restrain myself from fantasizing . . . at least from writing about fantasizing . . .
about . . . uhhh . . .
what packs of wild . . . might do with clueless idiots
I’d much rather get into a cab driven by a dog than a Muslim.
You are kidding right?
If they had the ADA in the UK, these guys would do time.
I’m a disabled person. I refuse to serve Muslims.
Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander.
Next time I visit England, I’m bringing 7 dogs and a suitcase of bacon.
Give them cats. Big ones.
At least they are not brainwashed enough by TV to elect one to run their country. Sheeple serfs and dhiminis love TV.
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