Hypocracy Of Certain Muslims

So I've been following this off and on again for a bit now, but I decided to post about it because of the ridiculous statements made lately. For those of you who don't know, in Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, there are some Muslim cab drivers who refuse to transport people that are carrying alcohol because it's against their religion. Now they are pissed because the Airport Commission is telling them they need to serve everyone equally. A normal, rational response.

Now the cab drivers are claiming that the airport people are being discriminatory in now allowing them to discriminate.

"Our stance is first come, first served," said airport director Steve Wareham. "The message is if you want to drive a taxicab at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, you will serve all customers."

That is something I would have totally expected. Kudos to Mr. Wareham for letting them know that they need to serve all customers. But then it gets weird.

Last year, the MAC received a fatwa, or religious edict, from the Minnesota chapter of the Muslim American Society. The fatwa said that "Islamic jurisprudence" prohibits taxi drivers from carrying passengers with alcohol "because it involves cooperating in sin according to Islam."

You can issue all the fatwa's you want, but the Metropolitan Airport Commission isn't going to listen to them because A) They aren't your religion, B) they have to follow the laws of this nation, which means that they can't discriminate against the general public, and C) because they don't want to have to deal with angry customers whom they've pissed off.

They aren't being denied freedom of religion, they can practice that at home all they want. But when they come to work, it's the employer who makes the rules and if you don't like them, you can find a job elsewhere.

Freedom of religion isn't something that you're supposed to get catered to throughout your day. This is America, where ALL religions MUST coexist peacefully. What the cab drivers are missing the point on is that their customers don't have to cater to their religious needs because the cab drivers don't have to cater to the customers religious needs.

If you want us to respect your religion, stop trying to force it down the throats of people who don't believe in your religion. That goes for ALL religions, not just Muslims.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com