Muslim cab drivers tell airport they won't bend in alcohol dispute
BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota: Dozens of Muslim cab drivers showed up for a hearing at a hotel near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to protest against proposed penalties for cabbies who refuse service to passengers carrying alcohol.
"I am Muslim. I'm not going to carry alcohol," Abdi Mohamed, a driver for Bloomington Cab, told a Metropolitan Airports Commission panel that gathered to hear public opinion Tuesday on the proposals.
Commissioners are charged with setting a new policy by May, when airport licenses for cab drivers are set to expire. Under the proposal, drivers who refuse service for any reason would have their license suspended for 30 days. A second refusal would mean a two-year revocation of the license.
According to airport officials, about 80 percent of their cabdrivers are Somali, who are predominantly Muslim. Islamic religious law strictly forbids the carrying of alcohol.
Last year, airport officials said alcohol-bearing passengers were being refused service an average of 77 times a month, though that figure dropped drastically after new airplane travel safety rules prohibited liquids in carry-on luggage.
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The airport authorities are going to bend to the will of the MOSLEM CABBIES and do you know how I know this already?!?!?!?
Look at the last sentence, that is their way out...By beginning to mention it now, the decline in incidents, is their way of appeasing the moslem horde later...
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