The MN Dog Saliva Fatwa Response

You might recall the Muslim taxi drivers who didn't want to carry alcohol or dog saliva in their vehicles. The Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society had issued a fatwa (eye-roll) stating that it was poor jurisprudence to compel Muslim cab drivers to carry the above.

But Hassan Mohamud, imam at Al-Taqwa Mosque of St. Paul and director of the Islamic Law Institute at the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, one of the largest Islamic organizations in the state, said asking Muslims to transport alcohol "is a violation of their faith. Muslims do not consume, carry, sell or buy alcohol, and Islam also considers the saliva of dogs to be unclean, he said.

It seems the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is not backing down. When it comes to alcohol and dog saliva, Muslim cabbies will have to suck it up, or find another job. How long before we hear from CAIR? I'd imagine Keith Ellison has enough sense to avoid the issue, what with his having read Thomas Jefferson's Koran and all.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Officials at Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport are proposing stiffer penalties - including suspension of an airport taxi license - to Muslim cab drivers who refuse service to passengers toting alcohol or service dogs.

Officials on Wednesday asked the Metropolitan Airport Commission for permission to hold public hearings on a proposal that would suspend the airport licenses of cab drivers who refuse service for reasons other than safety concerns. The penalties would also apply to drivers who refuse a fare because a trip is too short.

Drivers would have their airport licenses suspended 30 days for the first offense and revoked for two years after the second offense, according to the proposal.

"Our expectation is that if you're going to be driving a taxi at the airport, you need to provide service to anybody who wants it," commission spokesman Patrick Hogan said.

The commission is expected to vote Jan. 16 on the request for public hearings.

Comments

[windy city]

A couple of convienent stores in my town were recently purchased by some fella's from Pakistan. Thet sell booze, cigs and porn. I havent asked them what their faith is, but I'm pretty sure they are not Jewish.

[Rhod]

Windy:

Same here, in Connecticut. But they just won't stock dog saliva.

[Infidels Defense League Blog]

Good post. Somalia-apolis, MN is a harbinger of the increasing prevalence of Islamic influence in America. I remember a time not too long ago when cabbies would never refuse disabled folks with seeing-eye dogs. But increasingly, we'll have to accept Islamic values, which include contempt for innocent doggies, as I describe in my blog.

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