What do they think if a muslim who smells like gunpowder and just blew up a nightclub? I'm sure that they'd let him in their cab.Especially if he were covered in blood! But not if he also smelt alcohol.It's the muslim way!
They sneak into US and UK crying for jobs and a better life than their mudholes back home. Once they are given sanctuary, they start making demands. Muslim cabbies refuse alcohol carrying pbuttengers because alcohol is denounced in Islam, so they say. So, will these very cabbies refuse White and Chinese pbuttengers because they consume pork, which is also a no-no in Islam. The answer is: kick these ingrates back to their home countries. Muslim cabbies shun fares with alcohol September 30, 2006 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Cabdriver Muhamed Mursal doesn't wear his Muslim beliefs on his sleeve, but he may soon broadcast them from a light atop his cab. Mr. Mursal and hundreds of other Muslim cabdrivers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport refuse to take customers they know are carrying alcohol. They don't search bags, but a wine box may be enough to leave a fare waiting for the next cab. Now, they may be required to buy different colored lights to sit atop their cabs so airport workers who hook up travelers with taxis can steer alcohol-carrying fares to cabs that will take them. The proposal needs approval from the airport's taxi cab advisory committee, and airport officials hope to have the lights ready by year's end. A cabbie without the light who refuse fares will be sent to the back of line -- often a three-hour wait until it's his turn again for a fare. Some drivers said they'd rather wait for another fare than risk punishment in the afterlife. "It is forbidden in Islam to carry alcohol," Mr. Mursal said. Airport spokesman Pat Hogan estimates that three-quarters of the 900 airport cabdrivers are Somali, most of them Muslim. Mr. Hogan said drunken pbuttengers haven't had trouble getting a cab, just the ones who let on that they're carrying a bottle. "It's slowly grown over the years to the point that it's become a significant customer service issue for us," he said.
