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  • Muslim Taxi Showdown In The Twin Cities (Muslim cabbies to transport people with alcohol in luggage)

    01/09/2007 2:26:24 PM PST · by SirLinksalot · 80 replies · 3,153+ views
    Captain's Quarters ^ | 01/08/2007 | Ed Morrissey
    Muslim Taxi Showdown In Twin Cities The showdown between Muslim taxi-drivers and their passengers gets more out-of-state attention this morning from the New York Sun's Youssef Ibrahim. The refusal of a large number of Islamic cabbies to transport passengers with alcohol in their luggage or service dogs for the blind and handicapped, and the local fatwa on which they rely for their position, has led to a showdown with the Metropolitan Airport Commission: At a meeting Wednesday of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC), airport staff members asked the commission to give the go-ahead for public hearings on a tougher policy...