No Desert Nomads in Minneapolis Taxis

I knew there had to be a hole in this case big enough to fit my car: Airport battles some Muslim cabbies

MINNEAPOLIS - 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...

Airports Commissioner Bert McKasy said the issue raised by Muslim cab drivers who say that carrying alcohol or dogs, including those that help people with disabilities, violates religious beliefs is "unfortunate."

If mere proximity to dogs is a sin in Islam, someone needs to tell some Middle Eastern nomads about this. The PBS show Nature showed a nomad with a dog on a leash in this week's episode Dogs That Changed the World: The Rise of the Dog. The clip was about 5 seconds long, roughly 20 minutes into the program.

(Update 29-Apr: The breed in question is the saluki, a sight hound, the ancestor of the modern greyhound and whippet. Part 2 of the program, Dogs that Changed the World: Dogs by Design had an extended segment on the saluki starting about 7 minutes into the program.)

I doubt the Muslim Brotherhood (or their mouthpieces, the Muslim American Society) care about the obvious truth. Using taqiyya (lying to the infidel) as their justification, they will make any claim they want about their religious beliefs, saying they are "oppressed" because we don't tolerate their intolerant ways. To them, it's irrelevant that their Muslim brothers in the Middle East have no problem keeping dogs around.

Fortunately, reasonable minds have prevailed for the time being, so the nomads will be allowed to use the taxis at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Posted on Apr 23, 2007 at 1:22:00 AM EDT.