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  • Airport adds foot basins for Muslim cabbies [HOMELAND INSECURITY]

    04/27/2007 10:30:23 PM PDT · by jdm · 49 replies · 1,757+ views
    WND ^ | April 28, 2007
    The Kansas City International Airport has added several foot-washing basins in restrooms to accommodate a growing number of Muslim taxicab drivers who requested the facilities to prepare for daily Islamic prayer, WND has learned. The move concerns airport police who worry about Middle Eastern men loitering inside the building. After 9/11, the airport beefed up its police force to help prevent terrorist attacks. "Why are we constructing places of worship for them inside our airports?" said an airport official who requested anonymity. "Why are we catering to their rituals? We don't do it for any other religion." Other major airports...