Outrage of the Day
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:54 amColor coding cabs Muslim cabs in the Twin Cities. Nice.
Putting aside the obvious legal issues of discrimination - An increasingly large number of Muslims expect us to accept their laws/morals. Yet they don't seem to return the favor.
Anyone else think that if their religion truly interferes with their line of employment that they should pick another job?
LINK:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pa ... geId=1.1.1
Putting aside the obvious legal issues of discrimination - An increasingly large number of Muslims expect us to accept their laws/morals. Yet they don't seem to return the favor.
Anyone else think that if their religion truly interferes with their line of employment that they should pick another job?
By Tom Lyden
MINNEAPOLIS – In her bright pink hat, Paula Hare has found herself waiting on her stoop a lot lately, for taxi cabs that never come.
Not to avoid confusion, Paula even tells the taxi dispatcher she’s transgendred. But on three occasions when the taxi actually showed up, she says Muslim drivers have refused to give her a lift.
“This is more than just religion, it’s flat out discrimination,” hare said. “And we’ve got laws against that in this state.”
The city of Minneapolis says she’s right.
Of the nearly 2,000 taxis in the Twin Cities metro, estimates are as many as half the drivers are recent immigrants – many Muslim.
The culture clash is most apparent at Twin Cities international Airport, where two to three times a day, taxi drivers refuse a fare because someone is carrying a bottle of alcohol. Some drivers believe the Koran forbids it.
Soon, the airport will even color code the light bar above taxi’s to indicate those who won’t carry booze.
LINK:
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pa ... geId=1.1.1
